Exam 10: Nonreactive Quantitative Research and Secondary Analysis

Which of the following terms describes a measure of social well-being,such as "quality of social life," for the purpose of better informing government and other policymaking officials?

Define the following terms -reactive

Identify and describe four specific limitations that a researcher needs to consider when using secondary data.

Define the following terms -coding system

Distinguish between manifest and latent coding.Which one is more reliable? Which one is more valid? Explain.

Compared to latent coding in content analysis,manifest coding usually has

Define the following terms -accretion measures

Define the following terms -content analysis

Professor John Juniper was interested in using Statistics Canada data to examine trends in Canadian unemployment rates over the last 40 years; however,he found that the official definition of "unemployment" used to collect unemployment statistics differed from year to year.Which of the following issues complicates matters for him?

Which of the following nonreactive measures is an example of observation?

Which of the following characteristics best describes a coding system that codes for the direction of text content?

Define the following terms -unobtrusive measure

During the 1960s,which movement was led by dissatisfied social scientists wanting to measure the quality of social life so such information could influence public policy?

Define the following terms -manifest coding

Professor Ernie Easter has a list of measures on the French influence in the Moncton,New Brunswick area.He asked you to identify the one that is NOT an unobtrusive measure.Which one is it?

Graduate student Karen Koolray submitted her MA thesis to her supervisor.When Karen's supervisor returned her thesis,it contained a margin note that indicated Karen had committed the fallacy of misplaced concreteness.Which of the following points in Karen's paper was this criticism most likely referring to?