class 3 Flashcards
True/False. A data set that compiles information collected at different time intervals to study properties that vary over time is a times series data set.
true
What is primary data?
a. Data that researchers collect themselves for their own research
b. Data that someone else has collected that you use for your research
c. The initial data collected in a survey
d. Pilot data
a
What is secondary data?
a. Data that researchers collect themselves for their own research
b. Data that someone else has collected that you use for your research
c. The initial data collected in a survey
d. Pilot data
b
What is administrative data?
a. Data collected purely for academic research purposes
b. Data collected to assist the delivery of specific services by a variety of organisations
c. Data that has to be administered by a researcher
d. Data that is obsolete
b
What is research data?
a. Data collected purely for academic research purposes
b. Data collected to assist the organisation and delivery of specific services by a variety of organisations
c. Data that has to be administered by a researcher
d. Data that is obsolete
a
National Birth records are an example of what type of data?
a. Open data
b. Administrative data
c. Research data
d. Intellectual data
b
Student Enrolment data is an example of what type of data?
a. Open data
b. Administrative data
c. Research data
d. Intellectual data
b
True or false: The rows in a dataset typically refer to the observations
true
True or false: The columns in a dataset typically refer to the observations
false
Based on the structure, we may distinguish various types of datasets such as:
a. nominal, ordinal, interval
b. cross-sectional, time-series, time-series cross-sectional
c. primary, secondary, experimental
d. descriptive, inferential, bivariate
b
