Question 1

The response rates for online surveys are ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Higher than mailed surveys 
B)  Lower than telephone and in-person interviews 
C)  Higher than telephone surveys 
D)  About the same as in-person interviews

Question 2

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a structured interview?

Accepted Answer

A)  Interviewer asks questions 
B)  Questions are closed-ended 
C)  Questions are asked in the same order 
D)  All respondents are asked the same questions

Question 3

What is problematic about the following question: "Do you agree that welfare payments for the neediest sections of the population are a waste of money?"

Accepted Answer

A)  Double-barreled question 
B)  Overstretches respondent's memory 
C)  Confusing phrasing 
D)  Leading question

Question 4

Because respondents fill out a questionnaire on their own, there is no social interaction between the researcher and the respondent.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

A collection of questions asked during a structured interview with a specified order and consistent wording is called a(n) ___________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Interview schedule 
B)  Questionnaire 
C)  Survey 
D)  None of these

Question 6

What are some of the advantages and disadvantage of online surveys over traditional survey research?

Accepted Answer

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Question 7

Survey research allows sociologists to identify patterns that extend across large populations and categories of people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What are the advantages and disadvantages of questionnaires?

Accepted Answer

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Question 9

A fence-sitter is someone chooses a neutral response even though they do have a stronger opinion on a topic.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

A researcher wants to understand how much respondents understand about the COVID-19 vaccine. What type of question should they focus on in their survey research?

Accepted Answer

A)  Factual questions about an entity or event 
B)  Questions about attitudes and beliefs 
C)  Questions about knowledge 
D)  Personal, factual questions

Question 11

Because all respondents are asked the same set of questions, researchers can assume that the differences in responses reflect differences between people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following is not true about question ordering?

Accepted Answer

A)  Early questions should be important to participants. 
B)  Questions that may cause embarrassment should be last in the questionnaire. 
C)  Questions should be logically grouped together. 
D)  Respondents should receive the questions in the same order.

Question 13

Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of open-ended versus closed-ended questions. Use Lu and Wong's research to highlight the importance of both types of questions.

Accepted Answer

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Question 14

Leshem and colleague's study found that social desirability was a factor in how the participants responded to questions about political self-determination regardless of how the questions were administered.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Leshem and team found that when self-administered ____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Participants expressed a greater willingness to work with Israelis 
B)  Participants were more committed to the ethos of conflict 
C)  Participants were less willing to collaborate with Israelis to move towards peace. 
D)  Participants were much more committed to Palestinian well-being and justice

Question 16

Leshem and team discovered an issue with social desirability in their study of political attitudes about the future, peace, and conflict among Israelis and Palestinians. How did they test for this?

Accepted Answer

A)  They matched Palestinian participants with Israeli interviewers. 
B)  Half of the surveys were administered by an interviewer and half were self-administered. 
C)  All surveys were administered using an interviewer. 
D)  Half of the surveys were administered with CAI and half with an online survey.

Question 17

Interview or questionnaire items with a fixed set of possible answers to choose from are called___________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Closed-ended questions 
B)  Open-ended questions 
C)  Filter questions 
D)  All of these

Question 18

Why was it important that Williams and colleagues used a mixed-method approach in their study of gamers?

Accepted Answer

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Question 19

How successful is the structured interview in reducing interviewer variability? Explain your answer.

Accepted Answer

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Question 20

Errors and inaccuracies in data collecting resulting from question and survey design or concerns with social desirability is known as ____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Interviewer effects 
B)  Respondent fatigue 
C)  Poor question writing 
D)  Response bias

Exam 8: How Do Researchers Study Patterns That Span Populations and Categories of Experience Questionnaires and Structured Interviews

The response rates for online surveys are ______________.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a structured interview?

What is problematic about the following question: "Do you agree that welfare payments for the neediest sections of the population are a waste of money?"

Because respondents fill out a questionnaire on their own, there is no social interaction between the researcher and the respondent.

A collection of questions asked during a structured interview with a specified order and consistent wording is called a(n) ___________________.

What are some of the advantages and disadvantage of online surveys over traditional survey research?

Survey research allows sociologists to identify patterns that extend across large populations and categories of people.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of questionnaires?

A fence-sitter is someone chooses a neutral response even though they do have a stronger opinion on a topic.

A researcher wants to understand how much respondents understand about the COVID-19 vaccine. What type of question should they focus on in their survey research?

Because all respondents are asked the same set of questions, researchers can assume that the differences in responses reflect differences between people.

Which of the following is not true about question ordering?

Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of open-ended versus closed-ended questions. Use Lu and Wong's research to highlight the importance of both types of questions.

Leshem and colleague's study found that social desirability was a factor in how the participants responded to questions about political self-determination regardless of how the questions were administered.

Leshem and team found that when self-administered ____________.

Leshem and team discovered an issue with social desirability in their study of political attitudes about the future, peace, and conflict among Israelis and Palestinians. How did they test for this?

Interview or questionnaire items with a fixed set of possible answers to choose from are called___________________.

Why was it important that Williams and colleagues used a mixed-method approach in their study of gamers?

How successful is the structured interview in reducing interviewer variability? Explain your answer.

Errors and inaccuracies in data collecting resulting from question and survey design or concerns with social desirability is known as ____________.