Data collection quiz

A  Archival data may not be accurate.

B  Accuracy of archival data can change over time.

C  All the choices are true.

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

E  Archival data is nonreactive.

A  Focus groups

B  Archival data

C  Case study

D  One-to-one interview

A  Ecological momentary assessments

B  Household drop-off survey

C  Case study

D  Document analysis

A  Case study

B  Participant observation

C  One-to-one interview

D  Document analysis

A  Historic data

B  Group administered questionnaire

C  Ecological momentary assessments

D  Household drop-off survey

A  Focus groups

B  Case study

C  Document analysis

D  One-to-one interview

A  Participant observation

B  Ecological momentary assessments

C  Group administered questionnaire

D  Document analysis

A  Case study

B  Focus groups

C  Group administered questionnaire

D  Archival data

A  Participant observation

B  Historic data

C  Ecological momentary assessments

D  Household drop-off survey

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

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  All the choices are true.

E  Historical baseline data can help with interpretation of outcomes.

A  All the choices are true.

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

C  Document analysis is fairly inexpensive.

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

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

A  Observer as participant

B  Complete observer

C  Participant as observer

A  Complete observer

B  Participant as observer

C  Observer as participant

A  Participant as observer

B  Observer as participant

C  Complete observer

A  It can be difficult to stay objective.

B  All the choices are true.

C  It requires a highly trained observer.

D  It is often very time-consuming and expensive

E  It works well with a heterogeneous group.

A  All the choices are true.

B  Focus groups should be recorded.

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

D  Focus groups can stimulate new ideas among the subjects.

E  Focus group data can be difficult to analyze.

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

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

C  All these are generally true about focus groups.

D  Only 5-6 questions should be used.

E  They should last 30-90 minutes.

A  All the choices are true.

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

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

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

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

F  Lower cost than some methods.

A  One-to-one unstructured interview

B  One-to-one semi-structured interview

C  One-to-one structured interview

D  Focus group

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 semi-structured interview

C  One-to-one structured interview

D  One-to-one unstructured interview

A  Focus group

B  One-to-one structured interview

C  One-to-one semi-structured interview

D  One-to-one unstructured interview

A  Might result in socially desirable responding.

B  Can be invasive due to personal questions.

C  All the choices are true.

D  There is no anonymity.

E  Requires highly skilled and trained interviewers.

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

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

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

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

E  All the choices are true.

A  Interviews are only used for qualitative data.

B  All the choices are true.

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

D  Interviews can be very time consuming and resource intensive.

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

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

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

C  Household drop-off surveys can be intrusive.

D  All the choices are true.

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

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

B  Group administered questionnaires often get high response rates.

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

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

E  All the choices are true.

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

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

C  Questionnaires are usually convenient for subjects to complete.

D  All the choices are true.

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

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

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

C  All the choices are true.

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

E  Questionnaires can be quantitative or qualitative.