STA630 Final Term Quiz

MCQ’s for QUIZ#3 ---BY ABU SULTAN---STA630---Lecture # 27 to 37

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If groups of participants are selected to represent sub-groups in the population (e.g. such as selecting an entire class of management students to be compared to a group of economics students), this is knows as… Cluster sampling

Which of the following term refers to a statistical method that can be used to statistically equate groups on a pretest or some other variable? Analysis of covariance

Which of the following is NOT a major method of data collection?

Correlation method Which type of observer is likely to get a reasonable insight into the participant’s views and develop a good rapport with him? Participant

The group that receives the experimental treatment condition is called as ___ Experimental group The final stage in the coding process is Data clearing

Which of the following is an example of an issue that would be checked in a pilot testing? Logical answers between questions

Which of the following best defines the population of study?

The total collection of elements about which…. A researcher wants to study the impact of average hour of study in a week on CGPA of MBA students in virtual university of Pakistan. He focused on specifically the students specialized in finance. The total of number of MBA students in VU is an example of which of the following? Target population

Assigning numbers or other symbols to the responses, to group them into limited number of categories is called ______ Coding

Which is most likely to yield qualitative data?

Which of the following is an example of a dilemma that might face feminist business researchers conducting qualitative interviews with woman? How to overcome…

Which of the following is not true about stratified random sampling?

Proportions of groups in the sample…..

Which one of the following aspect needs to be evaluated during “Pilot Testing”?

options A census taker often collects data through which of the following? Mr. Raheel is concerned about potential problems with the reliability of his observers, which strategy would you suggests he should follow? Specification, training and monitoring In frequency tables total of columns and rows are called Marginal Which of the following elements are not required for structuring Observation in Non reactive research Accretion

Which of the following experimental designs has only one group, a pretest, a treatment and a posttest. One Group pretestposttest Design A form of the nonequivalent comparison-group design is recommend when: All of the above Frequency distribution technique can be used for which of the following scales? options Which of the following issues should NOT be mentioned in an introductory statement of questionnaire? What the findings of the research are?

In qusai-experimental research design, causal interpretations can be made __ Only when the participants have been randomly selected All of the following are the instruction to record answers to open ended questions EXCEPT: Use the interviewer’s own words A numerical value calculated from population is called Parameter

Coding categories should be: Mutually exclusive and independent

Which of the following give a more “accurate” representation of the population from which a sample has been taken? A large sample based on simple random sampling The process of changing data from their original form to a format that is more suitable to perform data analysis is called as _____ Data transformation

Pilot testing can be beneficial in: Analysis of data Bar charts or graphs are used for: Discrete variables Which of the following is not example of historical comparative research? Turnover Which of the following is a measure in which a researcher adds or combines several distinct indicators of a construct into a single score? Index

Which of the following is not something a researcher will have to consider when thinking about their sample size? Length of questionnaire In random sampling, the probability of selecting an item from the population is: Known Historians organize evidence usually in which of the following form? Narrative form All of the given options are factors affecting internal validity of an experiment EXCEPT; Recency effect

A collection of related records is called ______ File Which is most likely to yield qualitative data? When constructing a questionnaire, it is imperative to do each of the following EXCEPT _____ Use “leading” or

Non probability sampling is used when which of the following condition fulfills Researcher’s is least concerned about … In experimental research, a specific event in the external environment occurring between the first and second measurement that is beyond the control of the experimenter and that affects the validity of an experiment, is termed as; History Effect

Which of the following can be referred as a Reputational sampling?

The posttest-only design with nonequivalent groups is likely to control for which of the following threats to internal validity Differential attribution Which of the following is a measure of inflation? Ways to manipulate and summarize numbers that represent data from research projects is termed as: Which of the following experimental designs has two groups, both the groups are exposed to pretest and posttests, the experimental group is exposed to treatment while the control group is not? Protest and posttest experimental and control group design Which of the following describes the situation in which the control variable intervenes between the original independent variable and the dependent variables? Interpretation Pattern

Secondary/existing data may include which of the following?

options In an experimental research study, the primary goal is to isolate and identify the effect produced by which of the following? Independent variable

Which of the following would allow me to have the MOST control over environmental variables when conducting a research study? True experimental design

Which of the following is an advantage of open question?

They allow respondents to answer in their own.. “What is the level of satisfaction in your organization?” which of the following represents the problem associated with this question? It is an open ended question Which of the following occurs when one partial replicate the initial bivariate relationship but other partials do not? Specification pattern

The summary description of a given variable in a population is called as: Parameter In data collection process, when a researcher has to conduct an in depth interview, which of the following tool is necessary? Observation

The faculty members of a university consists of 85% staff with masters as highest qualification. Rest of 15% can be divided as 10% M.Phil, 4% Phd. And 1% post doctorate as highest qualification. A researcher want the sample of each category in proportion as given above. Which of the following is the best choice for him to take sample? Quota sampling

Which of the following number of variables involved in Descriptive Statistics?

•  Bivariate
•  Univariate
•  Multivariate options

Why does qualitative interviewing have an advantage over participant observation when it comes to longitudinal research? Repeat interviews are easier to organize

Pilot study is ___________A small scale study

All of the following are the principles of asking interview questions, EXCEPT; Read each question rapidly