Survey - Harder Level

Question 1

Best questionnaire format to capture a groups judgements about each others leadership qualities?

Answer 1

Rating questionnaire: Estimates magnitude of a characteristic

“A teacher, for example, might be asked to students to rate eachother on the degree to which the behaviour of each reflects leadership capacity, shyness, communication, honesty or creativity. Peers might rate each other along dimensions such as friendliness, trustworthiness, and social skills.”

The rating scale is one of the oldest and most versatile of assessment techniques. Rating scales present users with an item and ask them to select from a number of choices. The rating scale is similar in some respects to a multiple choice test, but its options represent degrees of a particular characteristic.

Question 2

Best questionnaire format to capture ideas over what is wrong and what is right about a certain situation.

Answer 2

Choice: Selection of preferred alternative

Question 3

Best questionnaire format to capture preferred brands or preferred importance of qualities in a teacher?

Answer 3

Ranking: Rank order preference

Question 4

Best questionnaire format to get a general feel for how people perceive certain nebulous topics.

Answer 4

Sorting: Arrange or classify concepts

Question 5

Sorting or arranging or classifying concepts but in to more granular beliefs could be considered which methodology?

Answer 5

Q-sort Methodology

Question 6

give an example of Q-sort Methodology

Answer 6

ranking photos in to an attractiveness scale

Question 7

how to access people’s subconscious or non-conscious attitudes?

Answer 7

implicit association test

Question 8

after experimentall maniulating some factor, and just watching or listening to audio or video or in real life situations and coding certain a priori defined behaviors (i.e verbal aggression = mockery, sarcasm, and openly critical comments) is called what?

Answer 8

Observational

Question 9

what are common coding critera for observational?

Answer 9

1) Based on frequency, duration, intervals
2) Specific time frame sampling / individual sampling / event sampling (e.g. 1 type only)
3) Obtain inter-rater reliability of coding and data
4) Be aware of bias – observer bias

Question 10

if one observes but doesn’t manipulate, it is called?

Answer 10

Naturalistic Observation

Question 11

what is the type of research where one is immersed in behavioural or environmental system and study and describes functioning?

Answer 11

ethnography

Question 12

give an example of ethnography

Answer 12

client-therapist perceptions

certain cultures behaviour types

Question 13

what is another form of meta-analysis?

Answer 13

archival

Question 14

what can you do by internet, group, face-to-face and by mail?

Answer 14

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