412 Latest Exam 3 Chapter 10
Questions And All Accurate Answers.
The process of converting information from a form/questionnaire is referred to as data preparation. This
process follows a four-step approach. Which of the following is the last step in this process?
A. Data validation
B. Editing
C. Coding of the data
D. Data entry
E. Data tabulation - Answer E. Data tabulation
The purpose of data validation is to:
A. determine the amount of nonresponse to individual questions.
B. determine if surveys, interviews, and observations were conducted correctly and free of errors.
C. determine whether questionnaires or observation methods are completed.
D. examine whether the data preparation process started before or after the interviews and
questionnaires.
E. count the number of responses in categories. - Answer B. determine if surveys, interviews, and
observations were conducted correctly and free of errors.
Information on respondents or sources and nature of internal data:
A. is used for analysis.
B. involves grouping and assigning values to responses to the survey questions.
C. enables the validation process to be completed.
D. transfers information from scanner databases or other sources to the company data warehouse.
E. provides greater insight into the research questions than forced-choice questions. - Answer C.
enables the validation process to be completed.
Which of the following is true of skip questions?
, A. In order to speed through the data collection process, an interviewer may ask the respondent a few
skip questions.
B. If the interviewer (or respondent on a self-administered survey) fails to follow instructions for skip
questions, he/she can recontact respondents and verify their responses to skip questions.
C. If the interviewer (or respondent on a self-administered survey) fails to follow instructions for skip
questions, the respondent can skip those questions.
D. If a respondent on a self-administered surveyfails to follow instructions for skip questions, the
interviewer may inject a tone of negativity into the interviewing process.
E. Skip questions are a problem with online surveys since the computer controls the sequence of
answering questions. - Answer B. If the interviewer (or respondent on a self-administered survey) fails
to follow instructions for skip questions, he/she can recontact respondents and verify their responses to
skip questions.
The process where the raw data are checked for mistakes made by either the interviewer or the
respondent is known as _____.
A. screening
B. data validation
C. editing
D. coding
E. data tabulation - Answer C. editing
If a researcher recontacts a respondent to collect information on a question that was accidentally
skipped by the interviewer, the researcher is checking which area of concern while editing data?
A. Courtesy and respect
B. Accurate recording of answer
C. Correct screening questions
D. Reponses to open-ended items
E. Probing for a deeper response - Answer C. Correct screening question
Which of the following is true of data editing?
A. Before being validated, the data must be edited for mistakes.
Questions And All Accurate Answers.
The process of converting information from a form/questionnaire is referred to as data preparation. This
process follows a four-step approach. Which of the following is the last step in this process?
A. Data validation
B. Editing
C. Coding of the data
D. Data entry
E. Data tabulation - Answer E. Data tabulation
The purpose of data validation is to:
A. determine the amount of nonresponse to individual questions.
B. determine if surveys, interviews, and observations were conducted correctly and free of errors.
C. determine whether questionnaires or observation methods are completed.
D. examine whether the data preparation process started before or after the interviews and
questionnaires.
E. count the number of responses in categories. - Answer B. determine if surveys, interviews, and
observations were conducted correctly and free of errors.
Information on respondents or sources and nature of internal data:
A. is used for analysis.
B. involves grouping and assigning values to responses to the survey questions.
C. enables the validation process to be completed.
D. transfers information from scanner databases or other sources to the company data warehouse.
E. provides greater insight into the research questions than forced-choice questions. - Answer C.
enables the validation process to be completed.
Which of the following is true of skip questions?
, A. In order to speed through the data collection process, an interviewer may ask the respondent a few
skip questions.
B. If the interviewer (or respondent on a self-administered survey) fails to follow instructions for skip
questions, he/she can recontact respondents and verify their responses to skip questions.
C. If the interviewer (or respondent on a self-administered survey) fails to follow instructions for skip
questions, the respondent can skip those questions.
D. If a respondent on a self-administered surveyfails to follow instructions for skip questions, the
interviewer may inject a tone of negativity into the interviewing process.
E. Skip questions are a problem with online surveys since the computer controls the sequence of
answering questions. - Answer B. If the interviewer (or respondent on a self-administered survey) fails
to follow instructions for skip questions, he/she can recontact respondents and verify their responses to
skip questions.
The process where the raw data are checked for mistakes made by either the interviewer or the
respondent is known as _____.
A. screening
B. data validation
C. editing
D. coding
E. data tabulation - Answer C. editing
If a researcher recontacts a respondent to collect information on a question that was accidentally
skipped by the interviewer, the researcher is checking which area of concern while editing data?
A. Courtesy and respect
B. Accurate recording of answer
C. Correct screening questions
D. Reponses to open-ended items
E. Probing for a deeper response - Answer C. Correct screening question
Which of the following is true of data editing?
A. Before being validated, the data must be edited for mistakes.
