Select Questions

Chapter 10

1. The problem with telephone interviews is that __________.

they place restrictions on the length and complexity of the interview

they are inconvenient

they are more expensive than other methods

they cannot be conducted with simple random sampling

2. Comparisons of quasi-experiments to true experiments reveal that __________.

most quasi-experiments have no threats to internal validity.

most quasi-experiments have random assignment of subjects to conditions.

true experiments have more threats to validity than quasi-experiments.

true experiments have random assignment of subjects to conditions.

3. The problem with face-to-face interviewing is __________.

the question complexity

the expense

the low acceptance rates

the difficulty of getting subjects to respond

4. People who commit suicide sometimes leave notes. A researcher analyzed the contents of suicide notes in order to explain why people commit suicide. This study has the flaw of __________.

observer bias

archival data

selective deposit

selective survival

5. As the best approximation to the randomized control group design, field researchers often use:

the alternating treatment design.

the interrupted time series with a nonequivalent no-treatment control group time series.

the nonequivalent control group design.

6. The pretreatment observations in the interrupted time-series design are like the in a single-case experiment.

baseline phase

second baseline

treatment phase

reintroduction of the treatment

7. A social worker wished to evaluate the benefits of letting nursing home residents care for a plant. On one floor, the residents were given a plant to care for in their room. On another floor, residents were not given a plant. The social worker measured their activity levels before and after. This is an example of a(n) __________.

interrupted time-series with switching replications design

nonequivalent control group design

randomized control groups design

interrupted time-series design

8. Interobserver reliability is to __________ as intraobserver reliability is to __________.

internal validity, external validity

accuracy, validity

observers, observer

reliability, accuracy

9. Which of the following methods of collecting data in a survey usually yields the lowest response rate(s)?

both a and b

self-administered questionnaires

telephone interviews

face-to-face interviews

10. The __________ design is to quasi-experimental designs as the AB design is to single-case designs.

interrupted time-series with switching replications

interrupted time-series

interrupted time-series with multiple replications

pretest-post test one-group design

11. __________ measures have zero reactivity.

Unobtrusive

Molecular

Functional

Molar

12. Samuel Stouffer discovered that the greatest source of error or bias in the scientific use of surveys is:1 Based on his study of how Watson and Crick discovered the structure of DNA and how Darwin developed the theory of evolution, Robert Weisberg concluded that:

interviewer bias.

variation due to question wording.

methods of questionnaire administration.

inadequacies of sampling.