Select the choice which best completes the statement, or answers the question, by clicking on the corresponding letter.
Questionnaires and scales are:
Unstructured means of gathering data.
Semi-structured means of gathering data.
Structured means of gathering data.
Over structured means of gathering data.
Questionnaires are used primarily to gather:
Quantitative data.
Qualitative data.
Quantitative and qualitative data.
Secondary data.
Questionnaires can also be used to gather:
Quantitative data.
Qualitative data.
Quantitative and qualitative data.
Secondary data.
Questionnaires can also be used to gather:
Quantitative data.
Qualitative data.
Quantitative and qualitative data.
Secondary data.
Data gathering techniques are part of:
The conceptual framework.
The theoretical framework.
The methodological framework.
The analytical framework.
Questionnaires and scales are very precise data gathering instruments, they are designed to:
Elicit qualitative data.
Ensure that participants have to spend a long time completing them.
Confuse respondents to such an extent that they fill them in incorrectly.
Elicit short precise responses to concisely stated and precise questions.
Attitude research is used in researching:
Narratives, in narrative analysis.
The attitudes of the participants in the research to the phenomenon under investigation.
Discourses, in discourse analysis.
Signs and how they are used in society.
The importance of attitudes and the value of studying attitudes lies primarily in:
The degree to which the researcher is interested in this research methodology.
The degree to which the research supervisor is interested in this research methodology.
The capacity of the researcher to use this research methodology.
The assumption that attitudes facilitate intention-forming and thus behaviour.
The issues of validity and reliability are treated differently in:
Quantitative and qualitative research.
Africa and Asia.
The Middle East and the Far East.
Europe and America.
The key issues in the design of a questionnaire are:
The attitude of the researcher and the interest of the research supervisor.
The attitude and interest of the participants in the research.
The content of the questions, the presentation of the questions, the order of the questions, and the length of the questionnaire.
The methodology used in the research, the population of the research, whether or not a sample was used, and if one was, the sample method used.
The best guide to the design of an appropriate question for a questionnaire or item for a scale, to begin with, is:
The conceptual framework.
The theoretical framework.
The methodological framework.
The analytical framework.
When you begin to design your data gathering method you look:
To your research supervisor for help.
To your friends and classmates for help.
At what everyone else in the class is doing and then, based on what they’re doing, you design your data gathering method(s).
At your research statement/question and then you decide what it is that you are trying to accomplish with the research and what it is that you really need in terms of data.
When you think of a question to ask in a questionnaire:
Imagine asking a research participant to respond to that question and then try to imagine the kind of response they would likely make. That response will be the data you gather.
Include it immediately in your questionnaire.
Ask your research supervisor if it would be acceptable to include it in your questionnaire.
Ask your friends and classmates if it would be acceptable to include it in your questionnaire.
A response rate in a research project is:
A count of the number of responses received in a data gathering exercise.
A record of the speed at which respondents respond in a data gathering exercise.
A count of the number of valid responses received in a data gathering exercise.
A record of the speed at which a research supervisor responds to a request for help during the research project.
The higher the response rate:
The more work for the researcher.
The less likelihood there is that all of the data will be analysed.
The less valid the research.
The better. Non responses change the nature of the study and the claims that can be made about the study.