Exam 5: Researching Your Subject

Your manager has asked you to recommend which of two new types of digital camera to buy for your company's publications department. Which of the following is likely to be the best source of information for your report?

A writer who is researching a state agency's transition from paper-based reports to paperless electronic reports has scheduled an interview with a senior writer at the agency. Which of the following interview questions is likely to be most effective?

One stage of conducting an experiment is to establish a hypothesis. What is the next stage?

Chapter 5 identifies three common problems that occur when you use questionnaires to gather information. What are two of them?

Primary research is the set of sources that you consult while you are in the document-planning stage.

Which of the following types of research is least like field research?

who is the world's biggest publisher?

What kind of information is found in a periodical index?

A writer is developing a questionnaire asking users about their experiences with a company's website. Which of the following questions is NOT flawed?

which of these is considered a traditional tool for secondary research?

Which source is least likely to be valuable when you have a question about new trends in the semiconductor industry?

It is relatively easy to design field research to measure what you are interested in, but it is difficult to conduct field research.

The tags that people use to categorize information they find on websites must be one-word descriptors without spaces or punctuation (such as "dallaszoo").

You should select research methods before determining what research questions to pursue.

Chapter 5 suggests that you do three things when concluding an interview. What is one of them?

Chapter 5 advises researchers to look for information that is current. What are two other characteristics that the chapter says information from research should have?

Chapter 5 suggests that you do two things after conducting an interview. What are they?

You are writing a report analyzing whether your company should hire a new vendor to provide data-warehousing services. You have found a white paper online that looks promising. How can you best judge the degree to which the authors are unbiased?

Chapter 5 lists five characteristics to consider when evaluating print and online sources. Name two of them.

conducting an experiment involves four stages. One is reporting the data. What are the other three?