Exam 7: Data Collection Methods: Introduction and Interviews

Which of the following answers cannot be seen as a good way to probe in an interview?

An advantage of face-to-face interviews is that the respondents are able to end the interview on every moment.

The Delphi Technique has been widely used for short-run business forecasting.

Which of the following points is not related to the costs for a respondent that go with the participation in an investigation?

Primary data are data that for example is gathered from annual reports.

It is preferred to first ask general questions and then more specific questions.

Primary data are more important than secondary data.

A thematic apperception test,an inkblot test and word association techniques are all examples of: a.Projective methods. b.Descriptive methods. c.Prescriptive methods. d.Iterative methods.

Interview bias is typically introduced by the interviewee.

What is not a part of conversation introduction in an interview?

Experiments,observational methods,and questionnaires are the three main data collection methods in survey research.

Interviews are a useful method to collect data in case studies.

An inkblot test is an example of a projective method.

Interviews can help you to better interpret the results of a quantitative investigation.

To obtain honest information from the respondents,the researcher/interviewer should be able to establish rapport and trust with them.