Chapter 6: Descriptive Research

Question 1

Descriptive Research

Answer 1

Research designed to describe the characteristics or behaviours of a given population in a systematic and accurate fashion.

Question 2

Types of Survey Designs in Descriptive Research

Answer 2

1. Cross-Sectional Survey Design
2. Longitudinal or Panel Survey Design
3. Successive Independent Samples Survey Design

Question 3

Cross-Sectional Survey Design

Answer 3

Sample consists of a “cross-section” of the population.

Question 4

Longitudinal or Panel Survey Design

Answer 4

A single sample of respondents is questioned more than once.

Question 5

Successive Independent Samples Survey Design

Answer 5

Two or more samples of respondents answer the same questions at different points in time.

Question 6

Demographic Research

Answer 6

Research concerned with describing patterns of basic life events and experiences such as birth, marriage, divorce, employment, migration, and death.

Question 7

Epidemiological Research

Answer 7

Research concerned with the occurrence of disease in different groups of people.