MCQ Bank
Which of the following can not be done through pilot testing?
- A) Measuring the reliability of questions
- B) Determining population
- C) Structuring open ended questions
- D) Determining the acceptability of questions
Which of the following is an example of a Likert scale?
- A) Agree/disagree
- B) Male/female
- C) 0 to 100
- D) Strongly agree/agree/neutral/disagree/strongly disagree
Self-administered questionnaires in hard form are a part of __________.
- A) Electronic interactive media
- B) Non interactive media
- C) Human interactive media
- D) All of the given options
_____________ determine the unit of analysis.
- A) Research questions
- B) Individuals
- C) Population
- D) Organizations
“Is the logistical support adequate?” is a part of __________ aspect which needs to be evaluated during pilot testing
- A) Sampling procedure can be checked
- B) Discovering errors in the instrument
- C) Reactions of Respondents
- D) Staffing and activities of research team can be checked
A telephone company is interested in obtaining customers' reactions to a new service package. Which of the following primary research methods would be the most effective in reaching this audience to obtain their feedback?
- A) Telephonic interviews
- B) A postal mail survey
- C) Focus group discussion
- D) An Internet survey
______ is not an example of a non-probability sampling technique
- A) Quota
- B) Convenience
- C) Cluster
- D) Purposive
Assigning numbers or other symbols to the responses, to group them into limited number of categories is called ________________.
- A) Coding
- B) Data
- C) Information
- D) Editing
A researcher has divided population in three geographical areas and has taken random sample from the population divided on the basis of level of education, age and salary package by making groups of persons having particular characteristics in those specified areas. Which of the following sampling technique he is using?
- A) Stratified random sampling
- B) Systematic sampling
- C) Simple random sample
- D) Cluster sampling
People who are volunteer, available are used in the sampling method called ______.
- A) Cluster sampling
- B) Simple random sampling
- C) Systematic sampling
- D) Convenience sampling
Which of the following is one of the components of research design?
- A) Time dimension
- B) Bibliography
- C) Title
- D) References
Item non-response can be best described as:
- A) Asking personal question from the respondent
- B) Irrelevant question asked in a questionnaire
- C) Interviewer’s bias
- D) Respondent’s failure to answer a question
What is the main purpose of pilot testing?
- A) To identify respondent
- B) To identify potential problems
- C) To accumulate responses
- D) To evaluate the research
A sample can be defined as:
- A) The subject on which the measurement is being taken
- B) Some selected elements from a population through which we can draw conclusions about all population
- C) The total collection of elements about which we wish to make some inferences
- D) The count of all elements in a population
The summary description of a given variable in a population is called as:
- A) Statistic
- B) Parameter
- C) Observation unit
- D) Sampling unit
Asking neutral questions is a part of:
- A) Recording the responses
- B) Probing tactics
- C) Verbal communication
- D) In house training
________ is a measure in which the researcher captures the level of a variable construct.
- A) Scale
- B) Collapsing
- C) Index
- D) Combining
All of the following are the principles of asking interview questions, EXCEPT:
- A) Ask the question in the order in which they are presented in the questionnaire.
- B) Repeat questions that are misunderstood or misinterpreted.
- C) Ask questions exactly as they are worded in the questionnaire
- D) Read each question rapidly
Asking participants to recruit further participants by word-of-mouth is ________ sampling
- A) Quota
- B) Snowball
- C) Stratified random
- D) Self-Selecting
An expectant pause is a part of:
- A) Probing tactics
- B) Recording the responses
- C) Verbal communication
- D) In house training