Q2 Exam Flashcards
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- involves the presentation of verbal replies from the respondents
- The researcher asks only the standard questions written in the questionnaire and nothing more
- The researcher follows the same line of questions to ensure that the conducted interview is delivered in the same format and same order to every respondent
Structured Interview
most frequently used type of interview method which directly acquires information from the respondents
Face-to-face interview
used when the researchers have no time to meet the respondents personally
Telephone Interview
a form of a personal interview wherein the interviewer brings along a laptop and directly enters the information or response of the respondents to the database
Computer-Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI)
What are the 4 Types of Interview?
- Structured Interview
- Face-to-face Interview
- Telephone Interview
- Computer-Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI)
watching behavior, events, or nothing physical characteristics in a natural setting
Structured Observation
the respondents are aware that they are being observed
Overt Observation
the respondents are unaware that they are being observed
Covert Observation
occurs during the interaction
Direct Observation
occurs on the result of the interaction
Indirect Observation
What are 4 Types of Observation
- Overt Observation
- Covert Observation
- Direct Observation
- Indirect Observation
the traditional way of collecting data from the respondents
Paper-pencil questionnaire
an internet-based research where the respondents will receive an email that contains an address that would take them to a secure website containing the questionnaire
Web-based questionnaire
distributed through mail, filled out and administered by respondents where they return this to the researchers through email
Mail questionnaire
What are the 3 Types of Questionnaire
- Paper-pencil questionnaire
- Web-based questionnaire
- Mail questionnaire
- the process of collecting information from the target sources
- relies on ____ instruments that fit various experiences into predetermined responses producing results that are easy to summarize, compare, and generalize
- allows you to gain first-hand knowledge and original insights into your research problems
DATA COLLECTION
- is a branch of science that deals with the collection, organization, analysis of data and drawing of inferences from the samples to the whole population.
- encompasses all the methods and procedures used in the collection, presentation, analysis and interpretation of data.
Statistics
- comprise methods concerned with collecting and describing a set of data to yield meaningful information.
- draw inferences or conclusions about these sets of data.
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
comprises those methods concerned with the analysis of a subset of data leading to predictions or inferences about the entire set of data
INFERENTIAL STATISTICS
value within the range of the data which describes its location or position relative to the entire set of data. The more common measures are measures of central tendency, percentile, decile and quartile.
Measure of Location
describes the “center” of the data. It is a single value about which the observations tend to cluster. The common measures are mean, median and mode
Measure of Central Tendency
sum of the observations divided by the number of observations totaled
Mean
middle value of an array
Median (Md)
observations which occurs most frequently in the data set
Mode (Mo)