Short-answer questions
Answer each question carefully. Consult your Social Research text when
your memory fails you or when you are in doubt about the accuracy of your
responses.
1
Describe briefly the main points of the process of quantitative analysis.
2 How
are computers employed in quantitative research and for what purpose?
3 What
are the advantages of using computers in social research?
4 What
does the process of data preparation involve in quantitative analysis?
5
Explain how coding helps prepare data for quantitative analysis.
6
Describe the process of preparing open-ended questions for analysis.
7
Describe briefly the process of counting and tallying as elements of
quantitative analysis.
8 What
are the main measures of central tendency employed in social research?
9 What
are the main properties of the mean, median and mode?
10
When are the mean, median and mode employed?
11
Which of the three measures of central tendency is the most
effective?
12
Describe briefly the nature and purpose of the measures of
dispersion.
13
Define variance and standard deviation and explain their purpose
for social research.
14
Describe briefly the nature and purpose of correlation.
15
What are the major types of correlation measures employed in social
research?
16
What are the measures of association that are suitable for nominal,
ordinal and interval/ratio data?
17
When is Spearman's rho employed?
18
When and under what conditions is Pearson's r employed?
19
How are correlation coefficients interpreted?
20
What are tests of significance and what is their purpose?
21
What are one-tailed and two-tailed tests?
22
What are parametric and non-parametric tests?
23
What are the major significance tests that are suitable for
nominal-level data?
24
What are chi-square tests and what is their purpose?
25
What is characteristic about the t-test, when is it employed and
how are the findings interpreted?
26
What are the types of t-tests and when are they used in social
research?
27
Explain the purpose of the ANOVA test and the way in which F is
interpreted.
28
What are the major differences between the t-test and ANOVA?
29
What are the major conditions for the application of ANOVA?
30 List five
differences between quantitative and qualitative analysis.