Deck 22: The Ten Commandments of Data Collection

Question 1

You should personally train people to collect or transfer your data if you want to be confident that they understand the data collection process as well as you do.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Once you get in the habit of _______ possible participants, it may become too easy to cut a sample down to too small a size.

A)welcoming
B)adding
C)removing
D)skipping

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Never ______ the original data, such as the test booklets, interview notes, and so forth.

A)use
B)overuse
C)discard
D)destroy

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Try to follow up on subjects who missed their ______.

A)thoughts
B)their testing session
C)duplicate version
D)more complex version

Question 5

Always make a duplicate copy of the data file.

Question 6

Practicing with _______ data can help you make sure that it is easy to go from your original scoring sheets to the data collection form.

A)high-scoring
B)any
C)pilot
D)lost

Question 7

When you think about the type of data you are going to collect, it is also important to think about the _______ of the data.

A)source
B)predictions
C)estimations
D)observations

Question 8

______ when and where you will be collecting your data.

A)Develop a plan of
B)Do not depend on any individuals of
C)Plan a detailed schedule of
D)Plan a complex version of

Question 9

When you think about a research question, it is also important to think about the type of data you will have to collect to answer that question.

Question 10

You should always make a _______ of your data file and keep it in a separate location.

A)cleaner version
B)simpler version
C)duplicate version
D)more complex version