RM Exam 2 questions with verified
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What are the 3 general rules of thumb for designing research questions? - correct answer ✔✔1. Always
bear in mind your research questions
-Asking accurate questions that measure what we are trying to assess.
2. Decide exactly what it is you want to know.
-Question should have enough specificity to get at the root of what it is we want to know (ex: do you
have a car? An answer of yes is too ambiguous; company car? Access to car? Maybe the q should be, "do
you OWN a car?"- we must be specific.
3. Put yourself in the position of the respondent.
How would YOU respond to the q you are asking? Helps w/ question ambiguity.
T/F
Question development is a multi-stage process. - correct answer ✔✔True
This type of question is one where the respondent can respond in his or her own words. - correct answer
✔✔Open question
This type of question is one where the respondent chooses from a set of predetermined responses. -
correct answer ✔✔Closed question
What types of questions?
,1. How are you feeling today?
2. Describe how you cope with your anxiety - correct answer ✔✔Open
What type of questions?
1. Are you feeling well today?
2. Please rate your level of agreement with the following statement: How confident are you regarding
your ability to cope with your anxiety? Not confident at all --> Very confident - correct answer ✔✔Closed
What is an advantage of open-ended questions? - correct answer ✔✔The respondents can answer on
their own terms; expressing their own thought/meaning.
What are some disadvantages of open-ended questions? - correct answer ✔✔It is time-consuming for
the interviewer to administer and respondent to respond to.
Sometimes the researcher has to code certain "terms" from respondents; terms may vary in meaning. So
the researcher has to consolidate information on their own terms; the process of going through and
comparing open-ended questions is time-consuming.
What are some advantages of closed-ended questions? - correct answer ✔✔Although there is less
personal meaning, they are easier to process.
These enhance the comparability of answers; we don't have to make interpretations of what the
respondent meant.
What are some disadvantages of closed-ended questions? - correct answer ✔✔Having prescribed
answer choices can limit the respondent (may not see an answer choice that describes what they want
to convey, which can be stressful for the respondent)
,What kind of question is this an example of? Also, is this proper or should we avoid this?
How often do you go to the movies?
o Very often
o Quite often
o Not very Often
o Not at all - correct answer ✔✔AMBIGUOUS question; the word 'often' can be interpreted differently
among respondents. We want to avoid these types of questions.
If you really want to use a word like often in the question, try changing the answer choices to make them
more specific, such as:
o > once per week
o Once a week
o 2-3 times per month
o Once a month
o < once a month
This type of question sounds and looks like one question but is really two questions. This can be
frustrating for subjects since they are forced to answer two questions in one but may have different
opinions on each question. - correct answer ✔✔Double Barreled Questions
What kind of questions are these examples of? Also, are these proper or should we avoid these?
How satisfied are you with your job and pay?
How frequently does your partner help you with cooking and cleaning? - correct answer ✔✔Double
Barreled Questions - we should avoid these.
What kind of question is this an example of? Also, is this proper or should we avoid this?
, How satisfied are you with your job? - correct answer ✔✔General questions - we should avoid these.
These types of questions may tap into a different subject other than what the question is asking; there
may be an emotional impact here. Sometimes this emotional aspect may be inevitable, but emotion
should be interpreted separate from thought. - correct answer ✔✔Leading questions
What kind of questions are these examples of? Also, are these proper or should we avoid these?
Do you agree with the view that.....?
Would you agree to cutting taxes further even though
welfare provision for the most needy sections of the
population might be reduced? - correct answer ✔✔Leading questions - we should avoid these.
*Second question is an example of that emotional aspect.
What kind of questions are these examples of? Also, are these proper or should we avoid these?
Which political party did you vote for last year?
How effective has your job search strategies been?
(Not at all Effective - Fairly Effective - Very Effective) - correct answer ✔✔Assumption questions - we
should avoid these.
Which political party did you vote for last year?
-Seems like a harmless question, but it assumes that the subject has voted. Maybe re-word this with a
question like "If you voted last year ... etc."
How effective has your job search strategies been?
answers passed
What are the 3 general rules of thumb for designing research questions? - correct answer ✔✔1. Always
bear in mind your research questions
-Asking accurate questions that measure what we are trying to assess.
2. Decide exactly what it is you want to know.
-Question should have enough specificity to get at the root of what it is we want to know (ex: do you
have a car? An answer of yes is too ambiguous; company car? Access to car? Maybe the q should be, "do
you OWN a car?"- we must be specific.
3. Put yourself in the position of the respondent.
How would YOU respond to the q you are asking? Helps w/ question ambiguity.
T/F
Question development is a multi-stage process. - correct answer ✔✔True
This type of question is one where the respondent can respond in his or her own words. - correct answer
✔✔Open question
This type of question is one where the respondent chooses from a set of predetermined responses. -
correct answer ✔✔Closed question
What types of questions?
,1. How are you feeling today?
2. Describe how you cope with your anxiety - correct answer ✔✔Open
What type of questions?
1. Are you feeling well today?
2. Please rate your level of agreement with the following statement: How confident are you regarding
your ability to cope with your anxiety? Not confident at all --> Very confident - correct answer ✔✔Closed
What is an advantage of open-ended questions? - correct answer ✔✔The respondents can answer on
their own terms; expressing their own thought/meaning.
What are some disadvantages of open-ended questions? - correct answer ✔✔It is time-consuming for
the interviewer to administer and respondent to respond to.
Sometimes the researcher has to code certain "terms" from respondents; terms may vary in meaning. So
the researcher has to consolidate information on their own terms; the process of going through and
comparing open-ended questions is time-consuming.
What are some advantages of closed-ended questions? - correct answer ✔✔Although there is less
personal meaning, they are easier to process.
These enhance the comparability of answers; we don't have to make interpretations of what the
respondent meant.
What are some disadvantages of closed-ended questions? - correct answer ✔✔Having prescribed
answer choices can limit the respondent (may not see an answer choice that describes what they want
to convey, which can be stressful for the respondent)
,What kind of question is this an example of? Also, is this proper or should we avoid this?
How often do you go to the movies?
o Very often
o Quite often
o Not very Often
o Not at all - correct answer ✔✔AMBIGUOUS question; the word 'often' can be interpreted differently
among respondents. We want to avoid these types of questions.
If you really want to use a word like often in the question, try changing the answer choices to make them
more specific, such as:
o > once per week
o Once a week
o 2-3 times per month
o Once a month
o < once a month
This type of question sounds and looks like one question but is really two questions. This can be
frustrating for subjects since they are forced to answer two questions in one but may have different
opinions on each question. - correct answer ✔✔Double Barreled Questions
What kind of questions are these examples of? Also, are these proper or should we avoid these?
How satisfied are you with your job and pay?
How frequently does your partner help you with cooking and cleaning? - correct answer ✔✔Double
Barreled Questions - we should avoid these.
What kind of question is this an example of? Also, is this proper or should we avoid this?
, How satisfied are you with your job? - correct answer ✔✔General questions - we should avoid these.
These types of questions may tap into a different subject other than what the question is asking; there
may be an emotional impact here. Sometimes this emotional aspect may be inevitable, but emotion
should be interpreted separate from thought. - correct answer ✔✔Leading questions
What kind of questions are these examples of? Also, are these proper or should we avoid these?
Do you agree with the view that.....?
Would you agree to cutting taxes further even though
welfare provision for the most needy sections of the
population might be reduced? - correct answer ✔✔Leading questions - we should avoid these.
*Second question is an example of that emotional aspect.
What kind of questions are these examples of? Also, are these proper or should we avoid these?
Which political party did you vote for last year?
How effective has your job search strategies been?
(Not at all Effective - Fairly Effective - Very Effective) - correct answer ✔✔Assumption questions - we
should avoid these.
Which political party did you vote for last year?
-Seems like a harmless question, but it assumes that the subject has voted. Maybe re-word this with a
question like "If you voted last year ... etc."
How effective has your job search strategies been?
