Research Methodology

Howmany steps in Research Process?

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 5

This refers to a paper and pencil data gathering method wherein the subject or respondent completely answers a series of questions.

• interview method

• question and answer method

• methodology

• questionnaire

This refers to the information or content from different sources related to the topic.

• Literature

• Methodology

• References

• Sources

In an experiment, the group that does not receive the intervention is called:

• The experimental group

• The participant group

• The control group

• The treatment group

Define 'primary' data

• Data collected from the internet

• Data collected using other forms of media

• Data collected through questionnaires, interviews and observations

• Data not yet published

Research designs: What do we mean by 'Case study'?

• Research that involves using a range of participants with different backgrounds, ages and genders from the overall population

• To look at the effects of an independent variable on a dependent variable.

• Measuring the same variables over a long period of time and requires greater resources than other types of research

• Investigating a particular phenomenon (e.g. an individual or team) over a long period of time.

• The researcher compares two or more things with the aim of discovering something about one or all of them.

Research designs: What do we mean by 'longitudinal'?

• Research that involves using a range of participants with different backgrounds, ages and genders from the overall population

• To look at the effects of an independent variable on a dependent variable.

• Measuring the same variables over a long period of time and requires greater resources than other types of research

• Investigating a particular phenomenon (e.g. an individual or team) over a long period of time.

• The researcher compares two or more things with the aim of discovering something about one or all of them.

A company's Human Resources department distributes a survey which asks employees to rate their current benefits as "excellent," "good," "fair," or "poor." This is an example of a(n):

• nominal scale

• interval scale.

• ratio scale.

• ordinal scale.

A researcher divides the population of product users into three groups based on degree of use. If the researcher then draws a random sample from each user group independently, the researcher has created a ____ sample.

• simple random

• stratified

• judgment

• quota

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CCSS.HSS.IC.B.3

What Z-value would be used to set up a confidence interval at the 95 percent confidence level when the sample size is 200?

• .01

• 2.58

• 1.96

• .05

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CCSS.HSS.ID.A.4