PRM 447 Research & Evaluation in PRM - Test 3 - Chapters 8-11

Charles H. Hammersley, Ph.D.

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  1. What was the population used for comparison in this study?

    2. Links to reference material:
    TR Vocational Profile Study

    Your answer:
    general population
    recreation professionals

  2. ALL of the following are the principal initial phases of any needs assessment EXCEPT:

    3. Your answer:
    constructing a questionnaire
    selecting a sample
    data collection
    designing a study

  3. According to your text, the most common data collection method used in park, recreation and leisure services research is:

    4. Your answer:
    face-to-face interviews
    data mining
    mail
    telephone interviews

  4. Total completed questionnaires divided by the eligible sample, is the definition/formula for:

    5. Your answer:
    sample eligibility
    sample size
    response rate
    data rate

  5. A questionnarie can be considered completed if it contains demographic information and _____ of the items are filled in.

    6. Your answer:
    one half
    all questionnaire items
    one third
    two thirds

  6. Calculate the response rate using the following data. - total sample = 830 - returned by post office as undeliverable = 48 - completeted and returned surveys = 548

    7. Your answer:
    68%
    70%
    60%
    63%

  7. Survey respondents are "most honest" in which of the following data collection methods?

    8. Your answer:
    combined face-to-face and telephone
    mail
    face-to-face
    telephone

  8. Which of the following data collection methods usually has the lowest response rate?

    9. Your answer:
    telephone
    mail
    face-to-face
    Internet

  9. The telephone callback "Industry Standard" for local government agencies is:

    10. Your answer:
    5-7
    3-5
    2-5
    4-6

  10. What was the average spent for all respondent’s per visit in the Lake Havasu City survey?

    11. Links to reference material:
    Lake Havasu Study

    Your answer:
    $473.76
    $445.89
    $359.88
    $423.43

  11. Whcih ONE of the following data collection methods uses the self-response system?

    12. Your answer:
    combined face-to-face and telephone
    face-to-face
    phone interviews
    mail

  12. ALL of the following techniques will increase the response rate of a mail survey EXCEPT:

    13. Your answer:
    personalized address
    clearly written cover letter
    using bulk mail
    using first class mail

  13. According to your text, the minimum response rate for a mail survey is:

    14. Your answer:
    10%
    25%
    35%
    15%

  14. The best, and usually most expensive, form of data collection is:

    15. Your answer:
    mail
    internet
    telephone
    face to face

  15. If a follow-up to an initial mailing is used to increase the response rate, the reminder should be sent within:

    16. Your answer:
    4 weeks
    5 weeks
    2 weeks
    3 weeks

  16. A "Likert" scale is an example of which type of scale?

    17. Your answer:
    Ordinal
    Interval
    Ratio
    Nominal

  17. In park, recreation and leisure services, the standard independent variables include ALL of the following EXCEPT:

    18. Your answer:
    age
    gender
    place of residence
    frequency of use

  18. Assigning numbers to response categories at the time of data entry, is the definition for:

    19. Your answer:
    pastcoding
    precoding
    decoding
    postcoding

  19. ALL of the following are fundamentals of data entry EXCEPT:

    20. Your answer:
    separate columns for each variable
    identify independent varibles in postcoding
    each questionnaires' responses have a separate row
    any missing information is coded so there is no empty spaces

  20. How many factors are in the 16PF?

    21. Links to reference material:
    Vocational Profiles of Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialists Based on the 16 PF

    Your answer:
    12
    16
    10
    14

  21. Finding answers to specific questions from the data collected, is what type of goal of analysis?

    22. Your answer:
    functional
    exploratory
    disfunctional
    analytical

  22. Calculate the cumulative percent for advanced tennis players using the following data. - advanced tennis players = 74 - novice tennis players = 157

    23. Your answer:
    56%
    47%
    23%
    32%

  23. The average distance of each score from the mean, is the definition for:

    24. Your answer:
    percentile measure
    median
    standard deviation
    mean

  24. The p value for most social research should be ___ or less.

    25. Your answer:
    0.06
    0.10
    0.08
    0.05

  25. An analysis used to computes differences between groups is called:

    26. Your answer:
    t-test
    cross-tabulation
    chi-square
    anova

  26. Correlation measures ALL of the following EXCEPT:

    27. Your answer:
    relationships
    causality
    strength of relationships
    rho

  27. A perfect relationship would be designated by a rho value of:

    28. Your answer:
    0.01
    0.10
    1.00
    10.00

  28. The first part of a report is the:

    29. Your answer:
    literature review
    executive summary
    results
    abstract

  29. ALL of the following are included in the "body" of a report EXCEPT:

    30. Your answer:
    appendice
    goals of study
    data collection
    methodology

  30. The most common form of graphics are:

    31. Your answer:
    figures
    tables
    charts
    drawings

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