Deck 7: Sampling, Measurement Scales, and Validity in Research

Question 1

The 'Annual Survey of Industries' is a document published by ……..

A)CSO
B)ICAR
C)FICCI
D)NCEAR

Answer 1

CSO

Question 2

Data found from CDs and online journals are called ……….

A)Primary data
B)electronic data
C)govt data
D)international data

Answer 2

electronic data

Question 3

Sample means a ………part of an entire population.

A)Small
B)large
C)sizable
D)representative

Answer 3

representative

Question 4

Sampling is the process of selecting units from a ……… of interest

A)Population
B)phenomenon
C)place
D)space

Question 5

The listing of the accessible population from which the sample is drawn is called the……….

A)Sample design
B)sample block
C)sample frame
D)sampling premises

Question 6

………..refers to the number of units to be chosen from the population

A)Sampling plan
B)sampling method
C)sampling frame
D)sample size

Question 7

……..… is an example of random number table.

A)Tippet's table
B)logarithm table
C)Chi- square table
D)none of these

Question 8

If the population is …………. , stratified sampling method is used.

A)Systematic
B)homogeneous
C)heterogeneous
D)scattered

Question 9

Combining different methods of sampling is called…… sampling

A)Simple random
B)systematic
C)multi- stage
D)area

Question 10

………. Samples are best suited for exploratory research.

A)Systematic
B)convenience
C)judgment
D)random

Question 11

If there is no accessible sampling frame,……… sampling is used

A)Systematic
B)snow ball
C)judgment
D)random

Question 12

Under …….. ….sampling method, the samples are selected non- randomly according to some fixed quota.

A)Systematic
B)snow ball
C)judgment
D)quota

Question 13

The greater the sample size, the smaller the …………..

A)standard error
B)mean
C)median
D)mode

Question 14

Respondent errors and administrative errors are examples of ………….

A)Sampling error
B)standard error
C)non- sampling error
D)standard deviation

Question 15

…………. Is the process of observing and recording the observations that are collected as part of research?

A)Survey
B)interview
C)scaling
D)measurement

Question 16

The assignment of objects to nu8mbers or semantics according to a rule is called ………

A)Statistical analysis
B)interpretation
C)scaling
D)labelling

Question 17

Social status of the respondent is measured on the basis of …… scale

A)Nominal
B)ordinal
C)interval
D)ratio

Question 18

The ranks obtained by students will be measured on the basis of … scale

A)Nominal
B)ordinal
C)interval
D)ratio

Question 19

…… scale is the highest level of measurement scales.

A)Nominal
B)ordinal
C)interval
D)ratio

Question 20

……… means judging the scalability of the phenomenon under study.

A)Continnum
B)range
C)standard deviation
D)variance

Question 21

Stability of a measure is tested through ………method

A)Observation
B)interview
C)test- retest
D)schedule

Question 22

The ………. Validity refers to the degree to which the actual program reflects the ideal.

A)Construct
B)face
C)concurrent
D)external