Question 1 Most social research involves a. statistical analysis of qualitative data b. statistical analysis of quantitative data c. grounding theory in quantitative data d. conceptual mapping of qualitative data e. computer simulations of quantitative data
Question 2 A codebook is a. a method of data cleaning b. a traditional method of data processing c. a data analysis program which randomly assigns codes to qualitative data d. a data entry technique that relies on interviewers to assign appropriate codes e. a document that tells what codes have been assigned to the attributes composing a variable Question 3 Those using the CATI survey technique are most likely to make use of a. edge-coding b. transfer sheets c. direct data entry d. optical scan sheets e. a statistical program like SPSS
Question 4 A researcher who checks that only those cases that should have data entered for a particular variable do in fact have such data is involved in a. direct data entry b. statistical analysis c. contingency cleaning d. possible-code cleaning e. codebook construction
Question 5 Researchers who want to conduct statistical analyses must first ensure that data is a. coded b. cleaned c. quantified d. transferred to a codebook e. entered into a computer program Question 6 What has greatly increased the resources available to researchers in terms of analyzing quantitative data? a. time sharing b. computer networks c. computer terminals d. personal computers e. mainframe computers
