Exam 9: Methods of Data Collection

Define and explain the characteristics of each of the six methods of data collection.

Data originally used for research purposes and used later by a different researcher for a different purpose is specifically known as:

Any material thing created or left by humans that might provide information about a phenomenon of interest to a researcher.

Explain the key characteristics of the four different types of interviews.

Time-interval sampling is used in which type of observation?

Every 30 minutes a web cam comes on in a classroom and records for three minutes in order to take a sampling of what is going on in this class. This is called time-interval sampling.

Anything written, photographed, or recorded by an organization that a researcher decides to use as data is known as:

An informal conversational interview is a type of quantitative interview.

In qualitative interviews, the interviewer:

"Rule out alternative explanations" is:

Because interviews are a great deal like conversations, little training is required before conducting the interview.

When people change their behavior when they are being observed, this is known as:

"Ask as many questions as you can" is a "cardinal rule of education research".

A key difference between qualitative and quantitative interview questions is that quantitative questions tend to be closed-ended and qualitative tend to be open-ended.

When the occurrence of behaviors or events during a specific time interval (e.g., during the first 10 minutes of each class) is examined, this is called:

Primary data are original data collected as part of a study.

In interviews, the purpose of using a probe is to:

Dr. James decided to study a group of individuals and prepares by spending a year getting to know the members of the group and living among them. Her method of data collection is most likely to involve:

List at least five commonly used interviewing probes.

As part of her dissertation research, Betsy spent over a year living and teaching in Finland. She lived with another teacher and told the faculty and students at the school that she was studying them. Her method of data collection is known as: