Chapter 6 : Surveys and content analysis

Question 1

Closed questions

Answer 1

Questions in which specific answer options are offered.

Question 2

Content or discourse analysis

Answer 2

A research tool used in surveys to determine the presence of certain words, concepts or themes within transcript or set of text.

Question 3

Dependable variable

Answer 3

Any variable which is dependent on the different values of the independent variable

Question 4

Directivity

Answer 4

A type of attitude held during data collection by the researchers

Question 5

Design

Answer 5

The plan describing the procedure of data collection

Question 6

Focus group

Answer 6

A group of individuals interviewed collectively

Question 7

Hypothesis

Answer 7

A link between different types of variables

Question 8

Independent variable

Answer 8

Any variable whose values are, in principle, independent of the changes in the values of other variables

Question 9

item

Answer 9

An individual statement or question or task in a questionnaire or a scale

Question 10

Methodology

Answer 10

Describes the type of approach for data collection

Question 11

Open-ended questions

Answer 11

Questions for which respondents provide their own answers, in their own words.

Question 12

Poll

Answer 12

A short questionnaire composed only of simple fixed choice questions, distributed to a large sample

Question 13

Procedure

Answer 13

The course of action followed from the beginning to the end of data collection

Question 14

Qualitative methods

Answer 14

methods focusing mainly on the meaning of the information gathered

Question 15

Quantitative methods

Answer 15

Methods of data collection providing information that is directly analyzed with statistics

Question 16

Random sampling

Answer 16

A procedure ensuring that each element of the population has an equal chance of being selected

Question 17

Sample

Answer 17

A selected part of the population

Question 18

Sampling population

Answer 18

The population from which the simple is drawn

Question 19

Scales

Answer 19

Tools composed of more than one item or question, which are evaluated on a continuum

Question 20

Semi-structured

Answer 20

a technique where the role of the interviewer is loosely based on a specific guide

Question 21

Snowballing

Answer 21

Sampling by asking respondents to provide names of other people they know

Question 22

Structured technique

Answer 22

A technique in which every respondent receives exactly the same questions in the same order