Exam Questions
Each TEST Question (1-4) is made up of several parts to be answered briefly. The average response to a test Question, in total, is usually a page to a page and a half.
Test Question #1-
(Chapter 8) - Survey Research
1. List the 3 main reasons that surveys are the most popular form of social research?
2. List the five basic social science survey designs discussed in Chapter 8.
3. In which survey designs does the researcher use a Questionnaire and in which survey
designs does the researcher use an Interview Schedule? What is the difference in the
way these two survey instruments are administered?
4. List the several advantages of In-Person Interviews over other survey designs?
5. What are the 2 main ethical issues in the survey research method? Briefly describe each.
Test Question # 2-
(Chapter 7) - Experiment
1. List the 3 essential components of a true experimental design?
2. In one sentence for each, define control, experimental and comparison groups?
3. How are pre and post tests used in experimental design?
4. What is the placebo effect?
5. What are the two main ethical issues in experimental research? Briefly describe each.
Test Question # 3-
(Chapter 9 & 10) - Qualitative Methods
1. How are Focus Groups used in Qualitative research?
2. Briefly discuss the Observation method of Qualitative research.
3. What are the 3 different roles participant observers may have to adopt in
doing Observation research and what considerations determine the role the researcher will play?
4. How is the Case Study method used in Qualitative research.
5. What are the 5 main ethical issues in the qualitative method of observation research?
Briefly describe each.
Test Question # 4 (Parts A & B)-
A. (Chapter 11) Evaluation Research
1. What is a Needs Assessment?
2. What is Impact Analysis?
3. What is Efficiency analysis?
4. What is the difference between Cost-benefit and
Cost-effectiveness analysis?
5. Briefly discuss the issue of ethics in evaluation research.
B.Chapter 14 - Data Analysis
1. What is meant by the term univariate statistics and what are the Mode, Median and Mean?
2. What is meant by the term crosstabulation analysis?
3. What is range and how is it calculated?
4. What is elaboration analysis and how is it used?
5. What are the ethical concerns about doing statistical data analysis.