1.

An open question is one in which

A. respondents provide their own

B. respondents answer a set of given questions

2. To ensure a high degree of _________, the researcher makes sure that their
measurements are stable and consistent, free of errors and biases.

A. reliability

B. objectivity

3. Which of the following statements is TRUE about qualitative data analysis?

A. In highly qualitative analysis methods, analyzing data is an on-going process.

B. The analysis can be left until the end of the data collection process.

4. Which kind of observation is often considered as negative?

A. covert observation

B. overt observation

5. A moderator can ___________ in order to counteract the person who dominates the
discussion.

A. stop making eye contact with him/her, look at other members expectantly and ask
them for some opinions

B. interrupt him/her, thank him/her for his/her contribution and ask for some opinions
from other members

6. Which of the following is a recording method?

A. Building rapport

B. Ticking boxes
7. A research proposal can fail if ________

A. it has vague aims and objectives

B. it undertakes comprehensive background research

8. For semi-structured interview, the researcher produces an interview _________.

A. meeting

B. schedule

9. What's wrong with this goal? This research aims to examine what people think about
YouTube.

A. Too specific and vague

B. Too broad and ambiguous

C. Too narrow and unclear

10. Which of the following types of data is most suitable for qualitative analysis?

A. Diary entries collected from participants

B. Answers from close-ended questionnaires

C. Customers' satisfactory ratings of different products

11. ____________ involve linguistic 'quantification' where words are units of analysis
that are tallied.

A. Conversational analysis

B. Content analysis

12. Which of the following types of data is most suitable for quantitative analysis?

A. Answers from open-ended questionnaires

B. Amounts of distance covered by a large number of athletes

C. Interview transcripts

13. Questionnaires are an effective research method because ________

A. they can obtain qualitative and quantitative data

B. they do not contain some type of prestige bias

14. Which of the following values does NOT describe the dispersion of a dataset?

A. Standard deviation

B. Mean

15. This method is a qualitative method for collecting data often used in the social and
behavioral sciences. Data are collected through observations and interviews, which are
then used to draw conclusions about how societies and individuals function.

A. Grounded theory

B. Action research

C. Ethnography

16. When a record of facial expressions is needed, the researchers should use

A. visual recording devices

B. audio recording devices

17. Which of the following information is considered a primary source?

A. Journal articles

B. Historical records

C. Scientific debates

18. Which one is TRUE about sampling?

A. Sampling is a procedure of selecting a manageable number of people to participate in
research.

B. Sampling is a group of people chosen for taking part in a research project.

19. To establish rapport with interviewees, the researchers should...

A. firm eye contact with more movement

B. treat interviewees with respect

20. Which of the following tasks could be performed by computing software?

A. Undertaking the mechanical process such as counting occurrences of words and

attaching numeric codes

B. Judging the value of data that come from dubious sources such as users' comments in
social networking sites

21. Which of the following is true about the length of a questionnaire?

A. It should be as short as possible.

B. It depends on the researcher's budget.

22. The questions in a questionnaire ________.

A. should be grouped into specific topics

B. can be adapted to meet the needs of the researchers and respondents.

23. One disadvantage of using a questionnaire to collect data for research is that
_________.

A. closed questions are difficult to tally

B. too few responses may be returned

24. An open question is one in which ___________

A. respondents provide their own answers

B. respondents answer a set of given questions

25. Data from questionnaires are ___________ data

A. self-reported

B. standardized

26. Which of the following information is considered a secondary source?

A. Researcher observation

B. Organization records

C. Research reports

27. ___________ questionnaires might be used to find out how many people use a
service, whereas ___ questionnaires might be used to find out what people think about a
service.

A. Closed-ended/open-ended

B. Open-ended/ closed-ended

28. In a study determining how happy a person is when they see an old picture of
themselves, the scale that is most appropriate to measure this variable is __________.

A. ordinal scale

B. nominal scale

29. In unstructured interview, the researcher attempts to achieve a(n) ______

understanding of the interviewees' point of view or situation.

A. holistic

B. impressive
C. detailed

30. __________ helps members of an interview feel comfortable.

A. Having something in common

B. Having prior knowledge

31. Which of the following is not true about a research proposal?

A. The title of a research proposal should be neither explanatory nor short.

B. The methods section should be described in detail

32. When answering a self- administered open question, respondents_________.

A. can only answer in a predefined way

B. might leave the question blank

33. The most frequently occurring value in a dataset is called

A. mode

B. median

34. The Methodology/Methods section of the research proposal typically specifies

___________

A. a rationale for the research

B. ethical considerations

35. Which research involves the collection of information from studies that other
researchers have made of a subject?

A. Primary research

B. Secondary research

36. Which one is TRUE about probability samples?

A. In probability samples, all participants have a specifiable chance of being selected.

B. In probability samples, all participants are selected from the same background.

37. Which type of interview can produce a great deal of data that can be difficult to
analyze?

A. In-depth interviews

B. Semi-structured interviews

C. Structured interviews

38. Which source is considered as primary research?

A. Statistical data

B. Journal articles

39. A research participant is allowed to withdraw from a study _____________.

A. for any reason without any explanation

B. for any reason as long as it is explained to the researcher

40. What is especially meant by 'informed consent'?

A. Participants are given a clear indication what the research is about and what their
involvement would entail.

B. The ethics committee is informed about the research.

41. Which of the following belongs to purposive samples?

A. Cluster samples

B. Snowball samples

C. Systematic samples
42. Participant observation, as a research method, received when a number of researchers
became covert participant observers.

A. positive

B. negative

C. bad press

43. Which of the following options most appropriately explains 'Research Ethics'?

A. It gives the methodology of researching within social norms.

B. It provides a common set of dos and don'ts of conducting ethical research.

44. Regarding the Code of Ethics, which issue requires the researchers to keep the
participants informed about the progress of the research?

A. Anonymity

B. Confidentiality

C. Right to comment

45. When the writer provides inaccurate information regarding the resources, making it
impossible to find them, it is called __________.

A. "The Misinformer"

B. "The Perfect Crime"

C. "The Poor Disguise"

46. The goal of a focus group interview is to...

A. deal with awkward situations in discussion

B. achieve a free-flowing and useful discussion

47. In which section of the research proposal are the research participants described in
detail?

A. Research methodology

B. Data analysis

48. A good research proposal will always _________.

A. address the aims and objectives clearly and succinctly

B. provide respondents' names and addresses

49. One of the disadvantages of focus group interview is that

A. the participants may interact with each other

B. Some participants may contaminate some others' individual views

50. Why are ethical issues important in research?

A. They indicate what the researcher should do and how they should treat people.

B. They help the researcher write up their research and get it published successfully.

51. Using _______, the researcher looks at patterns of speech, such as how people talk
and how they take turns in conversation, etc.

A. thematic analysis

B. conversational analysis

52. Which research generates statistics through the use of large-scale survey research,
using methods such as questionnaires or structured interviews?

A. Quantitative

B. Qualitative

C. Mixed-method
53. The term ______ is used when a combination of qualitative and quantitative forms of
inquiry are used.

A. 'triangulation'

B. 'analysis'

54. Which of the following is NOT considered as plagiarism?

A. Making use of the work of another and misrepresent it as your own

B. Drawing content from another work and adapting it with due acknowledgement

C. Drawing content from the work of another without acknowledging the source

55. Which of the following is NOT among the reasons why research proposals fail?

A. The topic has never been investigated before.

B. The adopted approach and the addressed issues do not match.

C. The aims and objectives are ambiguous.

56. Which of the following is the recommended order of the information in the
development of a research proposal?

A. Background

B. Methodology

57. Which source is considered as secondary research?

A. Historical records/texts (your response)

B. Analyses of historical events

58. ________interview can only be used for qualitative research.

A. semi-structured

B. unstructured
C. structured

59. Research is a systematic and passive process of steps used to collect and analyze
information to increase our understanding of a topic or an issue.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

60. When you select any published information from secondary sources, you should
consider their relevance and accuracy

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

61. Quantitative method explores attitudes, behaviors and experiences.

A. True

B. False

62. Issues you need to think about within your research are the constraints, dilemmas and
unethical choices.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

63. The researchers participate in a groups' activities whilst observing its behavior, taking
notes, conducting interviews, analysing, reflecting and writing reports may be called
participant sampling

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

64. A teacher is meticulously reading his students' exam papers to look for the patterns in
their academic essays. Does this demonstrate what research is?
A. YES

B. NO

65. In a focus group interview, the researchers can offer participants incentives properly if
possible.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

66. The rationale of the study should be placed within the context of existing research or
within your

own experience

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

67. A research proposal is a document that sets out your ideas for a project in an easily
accessible and explains the nature of your planned research.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

68. Research questions are questions that narrow the purpose statement to specify
questions that researchers seek to answer.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

69. Members of a focus group can be intentionally chosen.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE
70. Once you think about the five Ws, try to sum up your prosposed project in a
paragraph. T or F?

A. True

B. False

71. Grounded theory begins with a process of communication and agreement between
people who want to change something together. True or False?

A. True

B. False

72. The people who take part in research will be called participants or respondents. True
or false?

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

73. Unstructured or in-depth interviews are sometimes called life history interviews.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

74. Open-ended questionnaire does not contain boxes to tick and are used to find out
what people think about an issue.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

75. When you conduct a focus group interview, no set of rules for seat arrangement as
long as it suits the participants.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE
76. Overt participant observers enter organizations and participate in the activities
without anyone knowing they were conducting research

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

77. One of the purposes of doing research is to evaluate the effectiveness of programs,
policies, or interventions

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

78. Primary research involves the study of a subject through firsthand observations and
investigation.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

79. You need to choose a higher proportion of your research population as your sample in
case there is an issue of non-response in quantitative research.

A. TRUE

B. FALSE

80. Qualitative research attempts to get an in-depth opinion from participants.

81. Unstructured interviews can only be used for qualitative research.

82. Purposive sampling is mostly used in qualitative research.

83. Closed-ended questionnaires are used to generate statistics in quantitative research.

84. Frequency counts are used for data analysis in quantitative research.

85. Quantitative research is usually done with the goal of generalization.

86. In qualitative methods, thematic analysis is used for analyzing data.

87. In highly qualitative analysis methods, analyzing data is an on-going process.