QBRSM Test 3

If email reminders are sent to the participants who haven't submitted their self-administered web-based survey, this action contributes to fulfilling which responsibility?

Encourage the participant to complete the measurement instrument

If a measurement instrument provides transitions, this action contributes to fulfilling which responsibility?

Facilitate the participant's understanding of target groups of questions

If a measurement instrument provides a status bar for a self-administered mobile survey, this action contributes to fulfilling which responsibility?

Facilitate the participant's understanding of the survey process

If the interviewer is supposed to hand the participant a card containing the response alternatives to a question, this should be noted in what part of the measurement instrument?

Instructions for interviewer

If we create a map of an instrument to indicate where a participant jumps questions, based on earlier answers, this map is called _____.

a skip logic diagram

Because the participant answered a checklist by choosing three items, she is only offered a rating question about those three items. This is an example of _____.

branched questions

In a self-administered mobile survey, the last screen says, "Thank you for your participation!" This is part of what part of a measurement instrument?

conclusion

When a researcher provides operational definitions for key concepts and constructs, the instrument design ____.

discourages a participant to provide accurate responses

When a researcher orders questions from general to specific within a topic question group, the instrument design _____.

encourages a participant to provide an adequate amount of information

When a researcher reveals the purpose of the survey during the introduction, the instrument design _____.

encourages an individual to participate

Questions that determine whether a participant is asked one or more questions within a target question group are called _______ questions.

filter

When a researcher promises confidentiality and anonymity during the introduction, instrument design _____.

helps establish rapport with the participant

The instrument requires that if the participant answered "NO" to question 4, that the next question the participant should be asked is question 7. This should be noted in what aspect of the measurement instrument?

instructions for interviewer

The interviewer asks a screen question and determines the participant doesn't qualify for the survey. This situation requires termination and would be included in what aspect of a measurement instrument?

instructions for inteviewer

If the researcher shares the topic of the research with participants, this should be noted in what part of the measurement instrument?

introduction

The IRB process requires that the survey contain a statement about participation being voluntary. This is part of what aspect of the measurement instrument?

introduction

The opening screen of the survey indicates that the survey will take 10 minutes to complete. This is part of what aspect of the measurement instrument?

introduction

Which of the following is NOT something that pretesting can help address?

-Contrast effect -Completion estimate -Assimilation effect -Branched questions

Which of the following actions fulfill Phase 3 responsibilities?

-Order topics to establish rapport. -Use color to facilitate reading. -Order more critical classification questions early in section. -Add visually obvious operational definitions

Which of the following is NOT TRUE about determining target question group order in an instrument?

Order all simple questions together

Questions designed to determine if the participant has sufficient information to participate in a survey are called ______ questions.

screen

Because the participant answered "agreed" to question 5, the next question to appear on the phone survey is question 7. The computer survey was programed for _____.

skip directions

questions are the primary questions for answering the investigative questions.

target

questions should minimize shifts in frame of reference.

target

The number and breadth of _____ questions that comprise each topic define the instrument _____.

target, coverage