Module 6 - Ways and means of collecting data

Question 1

a method of acquiring representatives of a certain population to gain and determine parameters of the whole group

Answer 1

Sampling

Question 2

denotes huge group of people where you can choose a sample

Answer 2

Population

Question 3

a list of the members of the population to which the researcher wants to generalize or apply his/her findings about the sample

Answer 3

Sampling frame

Question 4

denotes the individual in the populatio

Answer 4

Sample unit

Question 5

refers to how small or big the ___ is

Answer 5

Sample size

Question 6

(Category of Sampling technique)

this technique is prone to bias due to the pre-selection of respondents

Answer 6

Non-probability sampling

Question 7

(Category of Sampling technique)

bias-free due to the use of randomizations

Answer 7

Probability sampling

Question 8

composed of individuals with varied capabilities and characteristics

Answer 8

Heterogeneity of the population

Question 9

the accuracy and exactness of the samples depend on how the researcher effectively used his/her mathematical methods, In this case, statistics

Answer 9

Statistical techniques

Question 10

covering a sample within a population would need a lot of time and money

Answer 10

Time and cost

Question 11

this method relies on the researcher’s selection of respondents on pure chance thus, everybody in the population participates

Answer 11

Probability Sampling

Question 12

(Types of probability sampling)

scheme in which a sample members from a larger population are chosen according to a random starting point and a fixed, periodic interval

Answer 12

Systematic sampling

Question 13

(Types of probability sampling)

the selection of the respondents is based on pure chance

Answer 13

Simple-random sampling

Question 14

(Types of probability sampling)

chooses a sample that later on the subdivided into sub-groups during the stage of data analysis

Answer 14

Stratified sampling

Question 15

(Types of probability sampling)

this is choosing respondents in clusters, rather than in separate individuals

Answer 15

Cluster sampling

Question 16

this technique is prone to bias due to the pre-selection of respondents

Answer 16

Non-probability sampling

Question 17

(Type of non-probability sampling)

selecting respondents who are deemed by the researcher as samples with good background

Answer 17

Purposive sampling

Question 18

(Type of non-probability sampling)

choosing samples who are very much willing to participate as respondents

Answer 18

Voluntary sampling

Question 19

(Types of non-probability sampling)

choosing respondents who are easy to find and willing to communicate with the researcher

Answer 19

Availability sampling

Question 20

(Types of non-probability sampling

selecting specific samples that the researcher knows will correspond to the population in terms of one, two, or even more characteristics

Answer 20

Quota sampling

Question 21

(Types of non-probability sampling)

also known as chain sampling is used when the respondents cannot be easily
located like homeless individuals or street children

Answer 21

Snowball sampling

Question 22

(Types of survey questions)

these questions do not have fixed answer or even options

Answer 22

Open-ended questions

Question 23

(Types of survey questions)

these questions may have 2 possible answers

Answer 23

Dichotomous questions

Question 24

(Types of survey questions)

these questions have multiple answers

Answer 24

Multiple-response questions

Question 25

(Types of survey questions)

these are questions intended for specific respondents only

Answer 25

Contingency questions

Question 26

(Types of survey questions)

• these are questions which are open-ended and task the respondents to evaluate one or several rows or choices
• likert scale

Answer 26

Matrix questions