CONDUCTING SURVEYS, OBSERVATION AND EXPERIMENTS

Question 1

Survey

Answer 1

measure characteristics of interest about a population using selected sample without making connections between data.

Question 2

Observation

Answer 2

researchers determine whether an existing condition called a factor is related to a characteristic of interest.

Question 3

Experiment

Answer 3

researchers create a condition by applying a treatment and seeing if it has any effect on characteristics of interest.

Question 3

Data

Answer 3

information gathered from the respondents/participants

Question 3

Population

Answer 3

a group of individuals, institutions, objects and so forth common characteristics that are the interest of a researcher

Question 4

Biased Questions

Answer 4

the wording may lead the respondent to think a certain way

Question 5

Control Group

Answer 5

is the group that does not get the treatment or is not given special instructions to follow

Question 6

Treatment Group

Answer 6

is the group that gets the treatment or is given special instructions to follow.

Question 7

Skewed Data

Answer 7

it is when a curve appears distorted in a statistical distribution

Question 8

Personal Approach

Answer 8

A.Face-to-Face Structured Interview
B.Telephone Survey

Question 9

Self-Administered Approach

Answer 9

A.Paper-and-Pencil Survey
B.Online Survey
C.Mail Survey

Question 10

KISS

Answer 10

Keep it Short and Simple

Question 11

Case Study Surveys

Answer 11

collect information from a part of a group or community, without trying to choose them for overall representation of the larger population.

Question 11

Sample Surveys

Answer 11

the results for the sample will reflect the results you would have gotten by surveying the entire group.

Question 12

Census Surveys

Answer 12

in which you give your survey questionnaire to every member of the population you want to learn about; is best done with smaller groups.

Question 13

Data

Answer 13

are referred to as a collection of facts, such as values or measurements, observation or even just descriptions of things. Data can be classified in to Primary and Secondary Data.

Question 14

Primary Data

Answer 14

are those you have collected yourself or the data collected at source or the data originally collected by individuals, focus groups, and a panel of respondents specifically set up by the researcher whose opinions may be sought on specific issues from time to time (Matt, 2001), (Afonja, 2001).

Question 15

Tally marks

Answer 15

often used to make a frequency distribution table. For example, let’s say you survey a number of families and find out how many gadgets they own. The results are 3,0,1,4,4,1,2,0,2,2,0,2,0,1,3,2,1,1,3. The frequency distribution table will make the data easier to understand.