In Asking Questions: A Practical Guide to Questionnaire Design, Seymour Sudman and Norman Bradburn argue that one of the most common abuses of survey methods is the use of questions that:
a. are difficult for the average respondent to understand.
b. are non-neutral and biased.
c. do not allow the researcher to formulate quantifiable hypotheses.
d. violate the respondent's right to privacy.
B
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Based on the results of his study, a researcher rejects the null hypothesis because the probability of obtaining his result if the null hypothesis were true is less than 5%. How would this be symbolized?
A) p = 5% B) p < .05 C) .05 < p D) p > 5%
A study finds: (a) neighborhoods that are very impoverished (X) have higher crime rates (Y), and (b), neighborhoods that have very young populations (Z) have higher crime rates (Y)
However, (c), neighborhoods that have both high rates of poverty and very young populations (X+Z) have very high crime rates (Y). Which of the following best describes the relationships between X, Y, and Z? a. Direct b. Spurious c. Intervening d. Interaction
Cross-district busing of schoolchildren was a direct outgrowth of the Coleman report of 1966
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Shortly after World War II, the NAACP challenged the concept of separate but equal schooling in the courts. In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas that separate educational facilities are __________.
A. a matter on which the American public should vote B. a matter for the states to decide C. inherently equal D. inherently unequal