Deck 5: Survey Research: Questionnaires

Question 1

Mail questionnaires:

A) eliminate interviewer bias
B) assure uniformity in response
C) obtain quick response to follow?up
D) are inexpensive even with extensive follow?up

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The offering of financial reward for respondent cooperation is generally a good idea for increasing response rates with all research subjects.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The expected level of response to a mail survey with one mailing is approximately 75 percent.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Which of the following was not mentioned as a specific limitation of mail surveys?

A) nonresponse
B) lack of uniformity in response
C) requires large field staff
D) possible misinterpretation of questions

Question 5

The average response rate in academic surveys in 1995 was approximately 80 percent.

Question 6

Counterbiasing involves asking questions in such a way that the behavior appears to be relatively frequent and normal.

Question 7

In the mid?seventies the expected return rate on mail surveys for large private research organizations was:

A) 90?95 percent
B) 80?85 percent
C) 70?75 percent
D) 60?65 percent

Question 8

Which of the following is not true with respect to mail questionnaire surveys?

A) they generally enable wide coverage at minimal cost
B) they usually possess problems of nonresponse
C) they are a superior data gathering procedure over experiments
D) they can be considerably enhanced through extensive follow?un

Question 9

"Response set" patterns can be avoided by using reversal questions.

Question 10

It is generally a good idea to organize the questionnaire by beginning with standard demographic items such as age and sex.

Question 11

The results of Mark Hamm's survey of Indiana legislators was viewed as threatening by the General Assembly.

Question 12

The major problem with mail surveys is cost.

Question 13

The Drug Use Forecasting Program, while innovative, lacks any means of validation.

Question 14

Offering remuneration in mail surveys is not a useful practice with all populations being surveyed.

Question 15

Dummy tables are:

A) preliminary blank tables used to indicate anticipated analysis
B) tables which result in zero cases
C) unknown variables assigned to tables
D) unanticipated rival causal factors

Question 16

It is best to begin surveys with interesting questions which might entice respondents to participate.

Question 17

Response set refers to the tendency of respondents on ques tionnaires to answer the first few questions and then give the same response category to the remainder of unread questions.

Question 18

Surveys record either expressed attitudes or claimed behavior and seldom the behavior itself.

Question 19

The expected response rate to mail questionnaires by large private survey organizations in the seventies was eighty percent.

Question 20

In organizing a questionnaire it is best to get sensitive items such as income out of the way early.

Question 21

Purposively selected groups of volunteers who are brought together in order to record their reactions or attitudes regarding products, candidate speeches, and the like are:

A) exit polls
B) focus groups
C) snowball samples
D) rotated panels

Question 22

scales are a series of questions that measure truth fulness of respondents in answering a survey.

Question 23

is a means of checking the validity of self reports and involves studies of groups whose official transgressions are already a matter of record and comparing this with self?admissions.

Question 24

The technique is used particularly in ecological studies in order to estimate the size of unknown populations.

Question 25

surveys are data-gathering methods which involve asking respondents to admit to various behaviors.

Question 26

groups are purposively selected groups brought to gether in order to measure their reaction to some stimuli.

Question 27

What are the major types of sampling strategies employed in Criminal justice research? What are their relative advantages/disadvantages? When would it be most appropriate to use each?

Question 28

Which of the following is an example of a biased or leading question?

A) Do you walk to work or carry your lunch?
B) Did you exercise your civic duty and vote in the last election?
C) What is your age?
D) What is your sex?

Question 29

Which of the following was not identified as a means of validating self?report surveys?

A) rotation
B) use of polygraphs
C) lie scales
D) measures of internal consistency

Question 30

Which of the following is likely to obtain the lowest response rate in mail surveys?

A) those with endorsements
B) those with sponsorship
C) those by unattached researchers
D) those by well known organizations

Question 31

What was not a suggestion on questionnaire wording and construction?

A) avoid biased or leading questions
B) avoid double?barreled questions
C) avoid sensitive questions
D) avoid vague wording

Question 32

A is a reconnaissance operation or exploratory testing of the instrument using subjects who are similar to the group to be studied.

Question 33

What are the principal advantages/disadvantages of mail surveys?

Question 34

is an attempt to construct typical characteristics of certain types of criminals.

Question 35

What was not recommended as an example of good timing in a mail survey?

A) have survey arrive near end of week at households
B) begin surveys during the summer
C) have surveys arrive at beginning of week at businesses
D) avoid vacation periods or historical events

Question 36

What are some ways of increasing responses in mail surveys?

Question 37

Discuss some general guidelines for questionnaire construc tion.

Question 38

Which was not mentioned as a useful preliminary operation prior to mailing the survey?

A) dummy tables
B) variables list
C) pretest
D) personal visit

Question 39

are preliminary blank tables constructed prior to data gathering in order to plan data analysis.

Question 40

Why was there such a negative reaction to Mark Hamm's survey of Indiana legislators on attitudes toward the death penalty for juveniles?

A) it "struck too close to the bone"
B) it was too statistical
C) it was too theoretical
D) it was "too legit. to quit"

Question 41

Discuss some ways of checking the validity of self?report surveys.

Question 42

What are some problems with self?report surveys of delinquen cy or crime commission?