If you were planning a research study that included a survey for a population of 8,873, what would your sample size be, with a sampling error of +/- 5%.
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The socio-scientific and psychological approach to human behavior assumes that behavior is controled by:
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All of the following are scales used to quantify human opinions, attitudes and beliefs EXCEPT:
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The two primary purposes for planning and conducting research in park, recreation and leisure services are: Increasing our understanding of why people chose and how they benefit from park, recreation and leisure services; and
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What is the best way of finding out what needs to be known, is the fundamental question associated with:
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According to your text, estimating the attitudes of a populaiton based on the responses from a small group, is the definition of:
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A study to determine the reason for a decline in adult softball participation in a specific city league, would be what type of research?
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According to your text, the primary goal of evaluation research is to:
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The two areas of applied research that have the most impact on leisure-related research are:
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What is the most popular weekly activity reported in the Master Plan?
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A survey that collects information from the people using a particular facility is called a:
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A large group of people who share the same attitudes, opinions and beliefs, is the defintion for:
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If your agency was preparing a community survey and your ethnic profile was African American 2%; American Indian 23%; Asian 1.5%; Caucasian 68%. And your sample was representative of all groups EXCEPT you increased the sample size of the American Indian group. This would be an example of what type of sampling methodology? Other 174 6.0
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The process of estimating is dependent on all of the following factors EXCEPT:
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All of the following are components of survey research EXCEPT:
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The most important factor in most community-level surveys of recreation and leisure issues is:
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The purpose of experiment research is:
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An instrument used to collect data, is the definition for:
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The goal for a survey response is always:
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Using the information in the Ethnic Groups census. What would be the correct representative sample size for the Asian group?
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All of the following are primary modes of data entry EXCEPT:
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Establishing a "causal relationship" is the purpose of:
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A subset of a population chosen in such a way that all individuals of the specified population have equal probability of being selected, is the defintion for:
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In order to design a study of city residents' opinions of city recreation facilities, which ONE of the following would be considered the "population":
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From the information above, which ONE of the following would provide the LEAST accurate sources list of the population?
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All of the following are commom problems associated with population lists EXCEPT:
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Sampling error calculates:
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A sample may be nonrandom due to all of the following EXCEPT:
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The __________ the sampling error, the closer the sample estimates come to the true population valures.
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What was the "population" for this study?
Links to reference material:Dead River Boating Survey
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A sample based on the assumption that every member of a population has the same probability of being selected. And the probability is the ratio of the sample size and the population size (sample size / population = random sample ratio), is an example of a:
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The two broad categories of data collection are:
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Key areas for attitude and opinion surveys include all of the following EXCEPT:
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According to Goldman and McDonald, focus groups use in questionnaire construction include all of the following EXCEPT:
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The kind of focus group that is made up of staff and board members of the recreation agencies that are being studied, are called:
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The question, " What are the most important park and recreation needs for our community," is an example of what type of format:
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What type of response scale does the Leisure Motivation Questionnaire (LMQ) use?
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According to your text, a questionnaire should not be longer than___ pages or take more than ____ minutes to complete.
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The most common problem for novice questionnaire writers is:
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All of the following are questions from section D - Background in the Dead River Whitewater Boating Survey EXCEPT:
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