Social Work Research Final Exam Questions And
Accurate Answers
Quiz 11
Carla wants to do a qualitative research aiming to understand why circus performers
are so closely knit and uncommunicative to other non-circus people. She understands
that she may have some difficulty in designing and the actual implementation of her
study. Starting with how she will sample her population. Circus people are known to live
in separate communities cut off from the rest of the world. Carla has a friend who used
to perform in the circus but is out and now is working in finance. He still keeps in contact
with his friends and family that are still in the circus business. What kind of sampling
method would Carla use? - ANSWER Snowball Sampling - Carla should ask Mickey if he
thinks some of his friends or family would participate and then ask those persons to help
her find others for her study.
A non-probability sample is one in which all of the people from a single population are
equally likely to be selected for the sample. - ANSWER False
Sometimes a sample is used rather than studying an entire population. Often this is
because more data collection may be needed to have a complete population: All of these
are true Time Effort Workers to collect data Work - ANSWER All of these are true A
sampling is a list of people that one will be drawing a sample from the called the : -
ANSWER Frame Random sampling includes we sample a population based on : -
ANSWER Everyone having an equal chance of being selected
What sampling method can a social worker use to develop a sample from his/her own
caseload of clients? - ANSWER Convenience
Which of the following is an example of a probability sampling method?
Snowball
Convenience
Quota
, Random
Purposive - ANSWER Random
Which one of the following is an example of a nonprobability sampling method?
Random
Stratified
Systematic
Snowball
Cluster - ANSWER Snowball
Which option only lists nonprobability sampling methods?
Snowball, purposive, convenience
Purposive, quota, stratified
Snowball, random, systematic
Purposive, snowball, stratified
Random, stratified, systematic - ANSWER Snowball, purposive, convenience
As the sampling error _______, the ability to generalize research results_________. -
ANSWER Increases, decreases
The central problem of the non-response of surveys is that: - ANSWER Non-respondents
can differ substantially from respondents
The snowball sampling methods are mainly applied in positivistic studies in research. -
ANSWER True
A population is defined as the totality of persons or objects with which our research
study is interested in. - ANSWER True
Accurate Answers
Quiz 11
Carla wants to do a qualitative research aiming to understand why circus performers
are so closely knit and uncommunicative to other non-circus people. She understands
that she may have some difficulty in designing and the actual implementation of her
study. Starting with how she will sample her population. Circus people are known to live
in separate communities cut off from the rest of the world. Carla has a friend who used
to perform in the circus but is out and now is working in finance. He still keeps in contact
with his friends and family that are still in the circus business. What kind of sampling
method would Carla use? - ANSWER Snowball Sampling - Carla should ask Mickey if he
thinks some of his friends or family would participate and then ask those persons to help
her find others for her study.
A non-probability sample is one in which all of the people from a single population are
equally likely to be selected for the sample. - ANSWER False
Sometimes a sample is used rather than studying an entire population. Often this is
because more data collection may be needed to have a complete population: All of these
are true Time Effort Workers to collect data Work - ANSWER All of these are true A
sampling is a list of people that one will be drawing a sample from the called the : -
ANSWER Frame Random sampling includes we sample a population based on : -
ANSWER Everyone having an equal chance of being selected
What sampling method can a social worker use to develop a sample from his/her own
caseload of clients? - ANSWER Convenience
Which of the following is an example of a probability sampling method?
Snowball
Convenience
Quota
, Random
Purposive - ANSWER Random
Which one of the following is an example of a nonprobability sampling method?
Random
Stratified
Systematic
Snowball
Cluster - ANSWER Snowball
Which option only lists nonprobability sampling methods?
Snowball, purposive, convenience
Purposive, quota, stratified
Snowball, random, systematic
Purposive, snowball, stratified
Random, stratified, systematic - ANSWER Snowball, purposive, convenience
As the sampling error _______, the ability to generalize research results_________. -
ANSWER Increases, decreases
The central problem of the non-response of surveys is that: - ANSWER Non-respondents
can differ substantially from respondents
The snowball sampling methods are mainly applied in positivistic studies in research. -
ANSWER True
A population is defined as the totality of persons or objects with which our research
study is interested in. - ANSWER True
