MCQ Bank
_________ is a unit about which information is collected and is the basis of analysis.
- A) Element
- B) Parameter
- C) Variable
- D) Hypothesis
The validity of an indicator is verified by comparing it with another measure of the same construct in which _______________-
- A) Published data is available
- B) Research is at its early stages
- C) Too much Research has been conducted
- D) Research has confidence
A ____________ is the one in which the numbers or letters assigned to objects serve as labels for identification or classification.
- A) Interval Scale
- B) Ordinal scales
- C) Nominal scales
- D) Ratio Scale
It is that unit about which information is collected and that provides the basis of analysis
- A) Sampling
- B) Target Population
- C) Population
- D) Element
Self-administered questionnaires printed on paper are ______________ media
- A) Non-interactive
- B) Electronic interactive
- C) Non- Electronic interactive media
- D) None of Above
It is difficult to pin down a specific definition of ________ because it is more of an orientation toward research than a fixed set of techniques to apply.
- A) Field research
- B) Non-reactive research
- C) Narrative research
- D) Experimental research
The essential difference between descriptive and explanatory studies lies in their
- A) Overall methodologies
- B) Data Collection steps
- C) Objectives
- D) Study Plans
The technique of splitting halves is the most basic method for checking ____________ when measures contain a large number of items
- A) Overall structure
- B) Generalized structure
- C) Internal consistency
- D) External consistency
Human interactive media are personal forms of ____________
- A) Observation
- B) Analysis
- C) Dialogue
- D) Communication
What should be the characteristics of a good measurement in case of an instrument developed to measure things?
- A) Should be an accurate indicator
- B) Should be efficient to use
- C) Should be easy to use
- D) All of the above
____________ is a form of social inquiry that focuses on the way people interpret and make sense of
the experiences and the world in which they live in.
- A) Informal research
- B) Quantitative research
- C) Qualitative research
- D) Verbal research
Which of the following is not an ethical issue in performing lab experiments:
- A) Asking demeaning questions
- B) Not allowing subjects to withdraw
- C) All of the given options
- D) Exposing participants to physical or mental stress
impressions, words, sentences, photos, symbols are included in ...............
- A) all research types
- B) qualitative research
- C) quantitative research
- D) no research type
_________________ are the least powerful of the four scales
- A) Ratio Scale
- B) Interval Scale
- C) Nominal scales
- D) Ordinal scales
In a/an ______________ study, we try to explain relationships among variables
- A) Descriptive
- B) Intellectual Property
- C) Explanatory
- D) None of Above
_______________ is the complete group of specific population elements relevant to the research project
- A) Element
- B) Sampling
- C) Population
- D) Target Population
Reliability of a measure is an indication of the _________ with which the instrument helps to assess the ‘goodness” of measure
- A) None of Above
- B) Stability
- C) Consistency
- D) stability and consistency
Quota sampling can be considered as a form of _______________.
- A) Theoretical Sampling
- B) Proportionate stratified sampling
- C) Convenience sampling
- D) Sequential Sampling
___________________ Individuals selected for the sample are the major means to reducing non-response error
- A) Paying
- B) Attempts to re-contact
- C) Attempts to give awareness to
- D) Educating
_____________ is the ability of an instrument (for example measuring an attitude) to measure what it is supposed to measure.
- A) Sensitivity
- B) Validity
- C) Integrity
- D) Reliability