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1. Briefly describe the greatest disadvantage of using this scale code: Excellent – Good – Fair – Poor
ØProvide a specific example to help explain your answer.
2. Briefly describe the major difference between a probability sample and a nonprobability sample.
ØProvide specific examples of when each of them would be used for a research study.
a) Probability sample:
b) Nonprobability sample:
3. Briefly describe the greatest problem with using open-ended questions.
ØProvide a specific example to help explain your answer.
4. Briefly describe the greatest problem with using closed-ended questions.
ØProvide a specific example to help explain your answer.
5. Briefly describe why it is often a challenge to present statistical data in the research study report.
ØProvide a specific example to help explain your answer.
6. Briefly explain the greatest advantage of pretesting the survey instrument prior to conducting a research study.
ØProvide a specific example to help explain your answer.
7. Briefly explain why the selection of the words in a question in a survey instrument is important.
ØProvide a specific example to help explain your answer.
8. Provide a specific example of a research project where the researcher would use a control group.
ØBriefly explain why it would be a good decision to use the control group for that research project.
9. Provide a specific example of when you would use a bar chart in a research study.
ØBriefly explain why it would be a good choice for that study.
10. Scenario: A coworker just conducted a research study for the company where you work about employee satisfaction. He confided in you that when there was missing data, he filled in the answers. What will you say or do?
ØBriefly explain why you chose that response.
11. Scenario: As a senior researcher, you know that one of the major problems with survey instruments is the sequence of the questions. What advice will you provide to your new employees about designing a questionnaire and the sequencing of the questions?
ØProvide a specific example to help explain your answer.
12. What is the major ethical concern that might arise when preparing the results of a research study?
ØBriefly explain why you chose that answer.
13. You are a researcher who works for a major company and have been tasked with studying job satisfaction. Briefly describe what you will measure in your study.
ØBriefly describe why those points are important to conducting a study about job satisfaction.
14. You have been tasked to conduct a research study about sexual harassment at the company where you work. Since this is a potentially embarrassing situation for you and the participants, briefly explain how you will design the study.
ØBriefly describe why that design would be best for this study.
15. You have been tasked with researching what type of services university students want offered to them. Which type of study would you do? (Ie. personal interview, survey, self-administered questionnaire, observation)
ØBriefly explain why that would be the best method for that study.
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