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Understanding Primary and Secondary Sources

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Understanding Primary and Secondary Sources

The document contains a series of multiple choice questions about research methods and sources of information. It tests understanding of key concepts like primary vs secondary sources, exploratory vs causal research, and qualitative vs quantitative research methods. Correct answers are identified for each question.

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_____areoriginalworksofresearchorrawdatawithoutinterpretationthatrepresentanofficialopinionorposition.

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Question2
Whichofthefollowingisanexampleofaprimarysourceofinformation?
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Question3
Whichinformationsourcemaybeinterpretationsofasecondarysourcebutisgenerallyrepresentedbyindexes,bibliographies,and
Internetsearchengines?
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Question4
Whenresearchersconsidertheexplicitorhiddenagendaofaninformationsource,thesource's_____isunderevaluation.
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Question5
WhichofthefollowingisNOTagoodreasonforusingsecondarydata?
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available.
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Oneofthedisadvantagesofcomputerizedsearchesis
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interest.
Question7
Whichofthefollowingisthefirststepinanexploratorystudy?
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Question8
Ananalysisofpastsalesdatashowsthattheaveragehouseholdpurchasesanewvacuumcleanerapproximatelyeverysevenyears.
Theextractionofthistypeofinformationisknownas_____.
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Whichofthefollowingisaconcernwithdatamining?
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Question10
Theprocessofstatingthebasicdilemmaandthendevelopingotherquestionsbyprogressivelybreakingdowntheoriginalquestion
intomorespecificonesiscalledthe_____.
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Whichofthefollowingquestionsisconsideredwhendiscussingthemanagementdilemma?
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Question12
Whichofthefollowingquestionsisconsideredwhendetermininginvestigativequestions?
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Question13
Whichofthefollowingquestionsisconsideredwhendevelopingmeasurementquestions?
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Measurementquestionsarequestionsposedto_____.
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Question15
Researchdesignstrategyencompassesallofthecomponentsbelowexcept_____.
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Thegoalofaformalstudyisto_____.
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Question17

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Acausalstudyisonethat_____.
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[Link]'scharacteristicsbymakinginferencesfromasample'scharacteristicsandtestingresulting
hypotheses
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Question18
A(n)_____studyexplainswhathappenedtoameasuredvariableafterthefact.
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Question19
A(n)_____studyinvolvesmanipulationofoneormorevariablestodeterminetheeffectonanothervariable.
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Question20
Whichofthefollowingisatypeofmonitoringstudy?
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Longitudinalstudiesofcohortgroups_____.
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Question22
Whichofthefollowingexploratorytechniquesisusedmostofteninbusinessresearch?
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Whichofthefollowingisnotanobjectiveofexploratoryresearch?
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Question24
Discussionswiththosewhoareknowledgeableabouttheproblemoritspossiblesolutionsarecalled_____.
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Question25
Acorrelationreferstothe_____.
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Whichofthefollowingisnotatypeofevidenceusedtotestcausalhypotheses?
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Question27
Researchdesignsmaybeviewedasbeing
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Question28
Theinteractionsbetweentwosetsofvariablesmayreflectrelationshipsthatare
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Themajorrelationshipsofinteresttotheresearchanalystarethosewhichare
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Question30
Whichtypeofresearchincludesanarrayofinterpretativetechniqueswhichseektodescribe,decode,translate,andotherwisecometo
termswiththemeaningofcertainphenomena?
Chooseoneanswer.

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Whichtypeofresearchattemptsaprecisemeasurementofsomebehavior,knowledge,opinion,orattitude?
Chooseoneanswer.

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Question32
Qualitativeresearchseeksto_____theorywhilequantitativeresearch_____it.
Chooseoneanswer.

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[Link],tests

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Question33
Whichofthefollowingistrueofquantitativeresearch?
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Whichtypeofsamplingtechniqueinvolvesselectingresearchparticipantswithnoattemptatgeneratingastatisticallyrepresentative
sample?
Chooseoneanswer.

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Question35
Whichtypeofnonprobabilitysamplingtechniqueinvolveschoosingparticipantsarbitrarilyfortheiruniquecharacteristics,
experiences,attitudes,orperceptions?
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Snowballsamplingisanonprobabilitysamplingtechniqueinwhich_____.
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[Link],experiences,orattitudes
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Question37
Whichtypeofnonprobabilitysamplingtechniqueismostusefulwhenindividualswiththedesiredcharacteristics,experiences,or
attitudesaredifficulttoidentifyorreach?
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Question38

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Question39
Whichofthefollowingistrueofstructuredinterviews?
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Whichtypeofinterviewrequirestheleastamountofskillandcreativityonthepartoftheinterviewer?
Chooseoneanswer.

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Whichofthefollowingchannelsofcommunicationwouldnotbeusedwhenconductinginterviews?
Chooseoneanswer.

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Whenusingthe_____projectivetechnique,participantsareaskedtowritethedialogforacartoonpicture.
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Question43
Whenusing_____,participantsareaskedtorelatethepropertiesofonethingorpersonorbrandtoanother.
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Question44
Inastudyofattitudestowardbuyingfakegoods,participantsareaskedtocompletethissentence:"PeoplewhobuyfakeLouis
Vuittonhandbagsare..."Thisisanexampleofa(n)_____projectivetechnique.
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Question45
Howmanyparticipantsaretypicallyinaminigroupinterview?
Chooseoneanswer.

a.2

b.3

c.2to6

d.6to10

e.Upto20

Whichstatementbelowbestreflectsthegeneralruleregardinghowmanygroupinterviewsshouldbeconductedforagivenresearch
project?
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b.Useatleast3groupsforeverygeographicregioninvolved

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[Link],themoregroupsareneeded

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Question47
Focusgroupsshouldnotbeusedwhen_____.
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Question48
Theobjectiveofa(n)_____istoobtainmultipleperspectivesofasingleorganization,situation,event,orprocessatapointintimeor
overaperiodoftime.
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Question49
Whichtypeofresearchisdesignedtoaddresscomplex,practicalproblemsusingbrainstorming,followedbysequentialtrialanderror
attemptsuntilthedesiredresultsareachieved?
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Question50
Whichtermbelowisusedtodescribethecombiningofseveralqualitativemethodsorcombiningqualitativewithquantitative
methods?
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