Chapter 3 QUIZ Flashcards
Convenience sampling
Using a group that is easy to access
Cluster sampling
Random sampling applied to groups rather than inividuals
Snowball sampling
Potential respondants are referred by others
Purposive sampling
Conducting data collection brainstorm who would be good sources of information
Information about the notifiable diseases is mainly shared through
The morbidity and mortality Weekly Report and other federal government reports
Someone asking another individual a set of predetermined questions in the same order, and in the same Manner is conducting a
Structured interview
You are conducting a set of interviews. You have a core set of questions but often ask follow-up and clarifying questions depending on the response.you are conducting a ______________ interview.
Semi-structured, key informant, focus group, and structured interview
Conducting individual interviews face-to-face
Allows the inclusion of non-verbal responses in the data and its analysis, is considered the best way to gather sensitive information, is a cost effective way to collect data, and decrease response bias
_______________interviews are generally better than_________________interviews for asking about sensitive topics
Telephone,face-to-face
_______________interviews are generally considered to be the least expensive type of interview
Participants in a focus group are usually
Similar to each other on key characteristics to be able to draw conclusions.
Surveys and questionnaires generate
Self-report data
Caution should be used when using only existing lists as a sampling frame because they
Are often incomplete,may be out of date, and may exclude some group that is needed in the sample