Data collection quiz

A  Archival data is nonreactive.

B  All the choices are true.

C  Accuracy of archival data can change over time.

D  Archival data may not be accurate.

E  Examples of archival data can include vital statistics, census data, or other data collected from governments or organizations.

A  Focus groups

B  One-to-one interview

C  Case study

D  Archival data

A  Household drop-off survey

B  Document analysis

C  Case study

D  Ecological momentary assessments

A  Case study

B  Participant observation

C  Document analysis

D  One-to-one interview

A  Group administered questionnaire

B  Ecological momentary assessments

C  Household drop-off survey

D  Historic data

A  Document analysis

B  One-to-one interview

C  Case study

D  Focus groups

A  Ecological momentary assessments

B  Group administered questionnaire

C  Participant observation

D  Document analysis

A  Group administered questionnaire

B  Archival data

C  Case study

D  Focus groups

A  Household drop-off survey

B  Ecological momentary assessments

C  Historic data

D  Participant observation

A  Historical baseline data can help with interpretation of outcomes.

B  A case study is often hard to generalize to larger populations.

C  Historical data often relies on data that are incomplete, missing, or inaccurate.

D  A case study can provide in-depth information from many sources.

E  All the choices are true.

A  Document analysis can be a method to get information about thoughts and feelings in a less threatening manner.

B  Document analysis does not provide the ability to clarify the data.

C  All the choices are true.

D  Document analysis can be challenging given that the quality of data varies between subjects.

E  Document analysis is fairly inexpensive.

A  Complete observer

B  Participant as observer

C  Observer as participant

A  Participant as observer

B  Complete observer

C  Observer as participant

A  Complete observer

B  Observer as participant

C  Participant as observer

A  All the choices are true.

B  It can be difficult to stay objective.

C  It is often very time-consuming and expensive

D  It requires a highly trained observer.

E  It works well with a heterogeneous group.

A  Focus groups should be recorded.

B  Focus group data can be difficult to analyze.

C  All the choices are true.

D  Focus groups can stimulate new ideas among the subjects.

E  If the same information is repeatedly occurring across focus groups, then conducting more focus groups is recommended.

A  6-8 subjects seems to work for focus groups.

B  They should last 30-90 minutes.

C  Only 5-6 questions should be used.

D  All these are generally true about focus groups.

E  The goal is to get a cross-section of views from the subjects.

A  Needs to be fairly short so subjects will not feel imposed upon

B  All the choices are true.

C  Can have a biased sample since some people don’t have phones.

D  Lower cost than some methods.

E  Allows for some personal contact between the interviewer and the respondent.

F  Does not allow personal contact between the interviewer and the respondent.

A  Focus group

B  One-to-one semi-structured interview

C  One-to-one structured interview

D  One-to-one unstructured interview

A  Focus group

B  One-to-one unstructured interview

C  One-to-one structured interview

D  One-to-one semi-structured interview

A  One-to-one structured interview

B  One-to-one semi-structured interview

C  One-to-one unstructured interview

D  Focus group

A  Focus group

B  One-to-one unstructured interview

C  One-to-one structured interview

D  One-to-one semi-structured interview

A  All the choices are true.

B  There is no anonymity.

C  Can be invasive due to personal questions.

D  Requires highly skilled and trained interviewers.

E  Might result in socially desirable responding.

A  All the choices are true.

B  The interviewer can establish rapport with respondent and clarify questions.

C  The one-to-one interview allows for observation of nonverbal gestures.

D  The one-to-one interview is not a good method for working with low literacy respondents.

E  The one-to-one interview requires a lot of time and personnel.

A  The interviewer is considered a part of the measurement instrument.

B  Interviews are only used for qualitative data.

C  The interviewer can often probe or ask follow-up questions.

D  All the choices are true.

E  Interviews can be very time consuming and resource intensive.

A  Online surveys and email surveys can reach national or international samples.

B  All the choices are true.

C  Spam blockers may keep email surveys from getting to the subjects.

D  Household drop-off surveys can be intrusive.

E  The researcher can make a personal contact with the subject when dropping off a household drop-off survey.

A  Response rates for mail and email surveys are often very low.

B  All the choices are true.

C  Mail surveys and email surveys allow the researcher to send the exact same survey to a large number of subjects.

D  Address lists for mail and email surveys may not be accurate.

E  Group administered questionnaires often get high response rates.

A  All the choices are true.

B  Questionnaires are well-suited for answering questions related to how and why.

C  The question length and breadth can be limited on questionnaires.

D  The questionnaires can often be anonymous, which can result in more honest responses.

E  Questionnaires are usually convenient for subjects to complete.

A  All the choices are true.

B  Questionnaires can be challenging to use with low-literacy subjects.

C  Questionnaires allow researchers to probe for more in-depth answers.

D  Questionnaires are typically a way to collect data quickly and inexpensively from many people.

E  Questionnaires can be quantitative or qualitative.