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Assessment Quiz


Multiple Choice
Use your knowledge base and problem solving skills to select the correct answer for each question.
 

 1. 
Political surveys, newspaper polls and Internet surveys are all examples of:
a.
Clustered sampling.
b.
Voluntary-response sampling.
c.
Destructive sampling.
d.
Random sampling.
 

 2. 
What is the disadvantage of simple random sampling?
a.
It is difficult to conduct and expensive when surveying a large population
b.
It is affected by many factors
c.
It requires a lot of information
d.
It does not represent the population accurately if all subjects participate
 

 3. 
Why is Authority in a web resource important?
a.
Sponsorship (who pays) is not always indicated
b.
It is often hard to determine a web page’s authorship and if they have any credibility
c.
Anyone can publish anything on the web
d.
All of the Above
 

 4. 
When evaluating the reliability of a web source of secondary data, which of the following considerations does not really help you evaluate whether or not to use the secondary data?
a.
Authority: who or what organization provided it
b.
Verification: you can find the results elsewhere
c.
Timely: the data is recent
d.
Quantity: there isn’t too much data to sift through, and it’s organized.
 

 5. 
Researchers can use these techniques to eliminate response bias:
a.
Shake the respondents hand firmly before asking them a question.
b.
If the respondent doesn’t answer the question as you’d like them to, simply ask again.
c.
Guaranteed anonymity and follow up questions.
d.
Random sampling.
 

 6. 
For response bias to occur what does the respondent have to do?
a.
Attempt to please the questioner
b.
Answer a question with another question
c.
Hang up the phone
d.
State his or her own opinions
 

 7. 
When is clustered random sampling usually used?
a.
When the geographical area to be surveyed is too large
b.
When the surveyor wants to leave out a certain group of people
c.
When the geographical area being surveyed is too small
d.
None of the above
 

 8. 
Which graph is the best at showing the relationship between two variables?
a.
Histogram
b.
Pie graph
c.
XY scatter plot
d.
Column graph
 

 9. 
Response bias occurs when:
a.
A sample is selected simply because it is easily accessible.
b.
Sampling is used to test a product to its limit.
c.
Participants in a survey give false or misleading answers.
d.
Individuals are unwilling to participate in the survey.
 

 10. 
Which of the following is an example of clustered random sampling?
a.
Six percent of Calgary’s middle-aged women are surveyed
b.
The entire city of Toronto is surveyed on a matter pertaining to the GTA only
c.
Ten urban areas are selected at random in Ontario about power usage, and the number of respondents to be randomly selected from each city are determined based on the proportion of the province living in each city
d.
In a national survey, four provinces are randomly selected, then cities from within those are randomly selected, then people within those cities are randomly selected to be surveyed
 

 11. 
The military rank of personnel falls under what category of data?
a.
Continuous
b.
Nominal
c.
Ordinal
d.
Discrete
 

 12. 
Which graph is the most suitable for representing time-series data?
a.
Pie graph
b.
Histogram
c.
Line graph
d.
Scatter plot
 

 13. 
What best illustrates an example of measurement bias?
a.
You had an open-ended question for age, and some people submitted ridiculous answers like 1,000 years old
b.
A device was used to clock how fast people were driving down a residential road, but the device was found to be malfunctioning at the end of the day
c.
You ask the hours of video gaming university students engage in with the following scale:
0-2 hours
2-3 hours
d.
They all do
 

 14. 
Which of the following biases would result from surveying seniors in a retirement home?
a.
Response bias
b.
Non-response bias
c.
Sampling bias
d.
Self-selection bias
e.
Measurement bias
 

 15. 
Which of the following biases would result from surveying seniors about their sexuality?
a.
Measurement bias
b.
Non-response bias
c.
Sampling bias
d.
Self-selection bias
 

 16. 
Which of the following biases  would result from a voluntary sampling method?
a.
Response bias
b.
Non-response bias
c.
Measurement bias
d.
Self-selection bias
 

 17. 
Which of the following biases  would result from a convenience sampling method?
a.
Response bias
b.
Non-response bias
c.
Measurement bias
d.
Sampling bias
 

 18. 
Bias eliminates which one of the following:
a.
The ability to analyze and calculate statistics from the data you collect
b.
Your ability to generalize  your results to the greater population
c.
The number of people who will respond to your survey
d.
The overall cost of the study
 
 
Examine the graphs below and answer the multiple choice question that follows.

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 19. 
Based the images above, which one is a histogram?
a.
Graph A
b.
Graph B
c.
Graph C
d.
Graph D
 

 20. 
Which graph is the best at showing the distribution of a data set of one variable (e.g. of age)?
a.
Graph A
b.
Graph B
c.
Graph C
d.
Graph D
 

Matching
 
 
Match the following list of problems with the survey questions listed below.
a.
This is an example of a loaded question
b.
This is an example of a double-barreled question
c.
This is an example of a leading question
d.
There is nothing wrong with this question
 

 1. 

 How old are you?
 

 2. 

 How often do you do you use drugs?
 

 3. 

 For how long do you brush your teeth in the morning?
 

 4. 

 Most people like to spend time with their family on holidays. How often do you spend with your on these occasions?
 

 5. 

 How often do you smoke
 

 6. 

 Students generally want to make a difference, do you want to make a difference?
 

 7. 

 How often do you skip class?
 



 
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