MCQs Unit 1 Introduction To Research
MCQs Unit 1 Introduction To Research
Unit 1
1. Research is
Answer: c
Answer: d
a. Survey research
b. Historical research
c. Experimental research
d. Descriptive research
Answer: c
4. How would you define 'the research process'?
Answer: c
a. Cluster sampling
b. Random sampling
c. Stratified random sampling
d. Systematic sampling
Answer: c
Answer: d
7. _________ is a preferred sampling method for the population
with finite size.
a. Area sampling
b. Cluster sampling
c. Purposive sampling
d. Systematic sampling
Answer: d
Answer: a
Answer: d
10. Which of the following techniques yields a simple random
sample?
Answer: c
Answer: b
12. Which of the following statements are true?
a. The larger the sample size, the greater the sampling error
b. The more categories or breakdowns you want to make in your
data analysis, the larger the sample needed
c. The fewer categories or breakdowns you want to make in your
data analysis, the larger the sample needed
d. As sample size decreases, so does the size of the confidence
interval
Answer: b
Answer: d
a. Snowball sampling
b. Convenience sampling
c. Quota sampling
d. They are all forms of nonrandom sampling
Answer: d
15. Which of the following will give a more “accurate” representation
of the population from which a sample has been taken?
Answer: c
Answer: d
a. Cluster sampling
b. Simple random sampling
c. Systematic sampling
d. Proportional stratified sampling
Answer: a
18. People who are available, volunteer, or can be easily recruited
are used in the sampling method called ______.
Answer: d
Answer: b
Answer: d
21. In which of the following nonrandom sampling techniques does
the researcher ask the research participants to identify other
potential research participants?
a. Snowball
b. Convenience
c. Purposive
d. Quota
Answer: a
a. A datum
b. A statistic
c. A parameter
d. A population
Answer: c
Answer: b
24. The process of drawing a sample from a population is known as
_________.
a. Sampling
b. Census
c. Survey research
d. None of the above
Answer: a
a. 500 or less
b. 100 or less
c. 1000 or less
d. you should always use a sample
Answer: b
a. Purposive
b. Quota
c. Convenience
d. Cluster
Answer: d
27. Which of the following sampling methods is the best way to
select a group of people for a study if you are interested in making
statements about the larger population?
Answer: d
a. Sample
b. Population
c. Statistic
d. Element
Answer: a
Answer: c
30. The nonrandom sampling type that involves selecting a
convenience sample from a population with a specific set of
characteristics for your research study is called _____.
a. Convenience sampling
b. Quota sampling
c. Purposive sampling
d. Snowball sampling
Answer: c
a. quantitative research
b. qualitative research
c. mixed research
d. none of the above
Answer: b
Answer: b
33. A condition or characteristic that can take on different values or
categories is called ___.
a. a constant
b. a variable
c. a cause-and-effect relationship
d. a descriptive relationship
Answer: b
a. categorical variable
b. dependent variable
c. independent variable
d. intervening variable
Answer: c
Answer: d
36. Qualitative research is often exploratory and has all of the
following characteristics except:
Answer: a
Answer: b
Answer: d
39. In _____, random assignment to groups is never possible and
the researcher cannot manipulate the independent variable.
a. basic research
b. quantitative research
c. experimental research
d. causal-comparative and correlational research
Answer: d
a. resistance to manipulation
b. manipulation of the independent variable
c. the use of open-ended questions
d. focuses only on local problems
Answer: b
Answer: b
42. ______ research occurs when the researcher manipulates the
independent variable.
a. causal-comparative research
b. experimental research
c. ethnography
d. correlational research
Answer: b
Answer: d
a. a constant
b. an extraneous variable
c. a dependent variable
d. a data set
Answer: a
45. In research, something that does not "vary" is called a
___________.
a. variable
b. method
c. constant
d. control group
Answer: c
Answer: b
Answer: c
48. Sources of researchable problems can include:
Answer: d
Answer: d
Answer: d