Try these quizzes to test your understanding.
1. Which of the following statements about questionnaires is incorrect?
- Questionnaire design and development is straightforward as it does not require careful considerations and planning.
- The key purpose of developing a survey questionnaire is to obtain raw information from participants to answer the research question.
- A questionnaire can be very efficient in its design and structure but ineffective in answering the research question.
Answer: A
2. Survey and questionnaire are interchangeable words that mean the same thing for researchers.
- True
- False
Answer: B
3. A Codebook is a reference book where the data coding instructions and data codes associated with the data file are documented.
- True
- False
Answer: A
4. Including questions that are not relevant to the research objectives or hypotheses in a questionnaire but may be of use is a good feature of an efficient questionnaire.
- True
- False
Answer: B
5. A good questionnaire adopts the funnel approach in organising the questions such that they start from the general then swiftly move to the specific.
- True
- False
Answer: A
6. The decision on which measurement scale to use for collecting data on a variable depends on how much data is sought and in what form.
- True
- False
Answer: A
7. Using jargon that respondents may not be familiar with is a clever way for the researcher to achieve good responses.
- True
- False
Answer: B
8. Using existing measurement scales that have been previously developed by other researchers enhances the reliability of questionnaire questions.
- True
- False
Answer: A
9. Once data is collected, a researcher should dive right in onto the analysis process.
- True
- False
Answer: B
10. Qualitative data generated from open-ended questions should be analysed separately using qualitative analysis methods.
- True
- False
Answer: A
11. Deciding on the suitable statistical tools to use starts after data is collected and inputted into the statistical analysis software.
- True
- False
Answer: B
12. In the pre-test, the questionnaire is given to a few researchers or subject experts to assess its wording, logic, flow and its face validity.
- True
- False
Answer: A
13. Using double-barrelled questions is acceptable in questionnaire design.
- True
- False
Answer: B
14. A lengthy questionnaire is recommended as it provides the researcher with as much data as possible about the topic under investigation.
- True
- False
Answer: B
15. Nominal data provides the highest level of data in terms of richness and the multitude of statistical techniques that can be used for its analysis.
- True
- False
Answer: B
Try these quizzes to test your understanding.
1. Research analysis is the last critical step in the research process.
- True
- False
Answer: B
2. The final research report where a discussion of findings and limitations is presented is the easiest part for a researcher.
- True
- False
Answer: B
3. Two different researchers may be presented with the same data analysis results and discuss them differently, uncovering alternative insights linked to the research question, each using a different lens.
- True
- False
Answer: A
4. A reliable research is essentially valid, but a valid research is not necessarily reliable.
- True
- False
Answer: B
5. A valid research refers to the degree to which it accurately measures what it intends to measure.
- True
- False
Answer: A
6. Keeping an envisioned original contribution to knowledge in mind, the research report in appearance and content should highlights the outcomes and link back to objectives.
- True
- False
Answer: A
7. A good conclusion chapter should (please select ALL answers that apply) ______.
- have a structure that brings back what the research set out to do
- discuss the researcher’s own assumptions and ideas about the topic under study
- makes logical links between the various parts of the arguments starting from the hypotheses
Answer: A & C
8. Research implications presented in a study must be either theoretical only or practical only.
- True
- False
Answer: B
9. Good researchers should aim for a perfect research, with no limitations or restrictions.
- True
- False
Answer: B
10. Examples of research limitations include (please select the answer that DOESN’T apply) ______.
- access to the population of interest
- the study’s coverage of possible contributory factors
- the researcher’s poor analysis skills
- the sampling technique used
Answer: C
11. A good structure outlining an effective research report starts with the ‘Analysis and Results’ section.
- True
- False
Answer: B
12. A good research study can just focus on its key outcomes without highlighting areas for future research.
- True
- False
Answer: B
13. If some of the research questions were not answered or some research objectives could not be achieved, then the final report must explain and reflect on the reasons why this is the case.
- True
- False
Answer: A
14. The importance of being critically reflective in presenting the future research section is that it allows for the advent of new arenas of thought that you or other researchers can develop on.
- True
- False
Answer: A
15. A weak future research section and weak discussion of the research limitations does not make the study fragile/lacking rigour and depth.
- True
- False
Answer: B
16. Once a research specifies a study’s limitations, this discredits all research efforts exerted in it.
- True
- False
Answer: B
17. Reporting research is about presenting the research journey through clear and evidence-based arguments of design, process and outcomes, not just describing it.
- True
- False
Answer: A
18. It is not important to present in every research report the ethical considerations that were anticipated or have ascended in the study.
- True
- False
Answer: B
19. Verbal and visual presentations of research aid in the dissemination of its outcomes and value, and allow for its strengths to be revealed.
- True
- False
Answer: A
20. In oral presentations, the audience expects you as a researcher to present your work in full detail even if they will ask further questions in the follow-up discussion.
- True
- False
Answer: B