Lesson 02A.3.1
02A.3.1 Questionnaires and structured interviews Quiz: OCR Sociology, Unit 5
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The 20 questions
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What primary research tool features a pre-set list of fixed-choice questions?
- Unstructured interview
- Participant observation
- Covert observation
- Structured questionnaire
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Which interview type involves reading pre-set questions aloud to respondents directly?
- Structured interview
- Covert ethnography
- Pilot study
- Focus group
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What term describes a small-scale trial run before the main survey takes place?
- Longitudinal study
- Control group
- Pilot study
- Sampling frame
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What is the term for a list of all members of the target research population?
- Variable index
- Research design
- Response rate
- Sampling frame
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What problem occurs when respondents return questionnaires in very low numbers?
- Interviewer bias
- Low response rate
- Hawthorne effect
- Semantic error
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What methodological issue arises when researchers unintentionally influence interviewees' answers?
- Interviewer bias
- Social desirability
- Positivist verification
- Ethical restriction
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Why might respondents lie to present themselves in a positive light during interviews?
- Random error
- Triangulation
- Social desirability
- Operationalisation
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Which research paradigm strongly favours structured questionnaires for reliability and generalisability?
- Ethnomethodology
- Positivism
- Phenomenology
- Interactivism
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A researcher studies income inequality by mailing 500 closed questionnaires. What method is this?
- Covert observation
- Life history
- Participant diary
- Postal survey
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An interviewer reads out fixed options to 200 participants over the phone. What method is used?
- Overt observation
- Content analysis
- Case study
- Structured interview
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A sociologist tests a survey with 15 people before surveying 1,000. What was conducted?
- Content analysis
- Longitudinal study
- Pilot study
- Triangulation
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A school roll is used to select every tenth pupil for a survey. What is this list called?
- Sampling frame
- Theoretical construct
- Data matrix
- Pilot schedule
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Only 12 percent of mailed questionnaires are returned completed. What statistical issue arises?
- Low response rate
- High validity
- Sampling saturation
- Participant attrition
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A middle-class researcher uses middle-class slang during an interview, altering answers. What is this?
- Theoretical sampling
- Respondent fatigue
- Interviewer bias
- Methodological pluralism
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A teenager claims they donate to charity weekly on a questionnaire to look good. What is this?
- Verstehen
- Imposed etic
- Hawthorne effect
- Social desirability
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A researcher values closed questionnaires because they yield reliable, replicable data. What paradigm is this?
- Interpretivism
- Positivism
- Interactionism
- Postmodernism
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Why do structured questionnaires score high on reliability?
- Rapport building
- Flexibility
- Standardised questions
- Open-ended depth
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What is a major theoretical limitation of structured interviews regarding human meaning?
- High cost
- Low validity
- Poor reliability
- Slow speed
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How do operationalised concepts in questionnaires affect validity?
- Infinite flexibility
- Total subjectivity
- Imposed meanings
- Complete openness
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Why are online questionnaires considered practical for studying social inequalities?
- Cost-effective
- Zero non-response
- Deeply qualitative
- Always representative
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