RES 320 All DQs

Week 1

Discussion Questions

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Is a telephone research project that interrupts people at home an invasion of privacy?

How can you protect the rights of confidentiality within a research project?

Under what conditions might people answer questions differently if they are promised confidentiality?

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What types of problems would you use research to answer?

Under what circumstances would it be inappropriate to rely on research as a decision-making tool?

How can you ensure ethical integrity within a research project?

Week 2

Discussion Questions

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When does anonymity make a difference in the accuracy of responses?

When would the use of focus groups be a better technique than questionnaires?

How do you determine the reliability of secondary sources?

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When is it appropriate to administer a personal interview, telephone survey, or self-administered questionnaire?

What are some techniques for increasing the response rate to a mail questionnaire?

Week 3

Discussion Questions

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What are the ethical implications of observing employees without their knowledge? Are these implications different when observing customers?

What type of observational study could you use to determine the productivity of an assembly line?

How do you know that your experimental research results can be generalized to the population?

What is the best experimental design to test the effectiveness of a new weight-loss drug?

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When would a stratified sample be more appropriate than a simple, random sample?

In what types of situations is conducting a census more appropriate than sampling?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of non-probability samples?

When is a multi-stage sampling design desirable?

Week 4

Discussion Questions

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What type of data would you obtain from a rating scale?

How can a research project be reliable but not valid?

What are some examples of bad survey questions? How would you reword them?

Which type of attitude scale would you use to question children aged between seven to ten?

For what population would you use a graphical rating scale?

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What is the difference between a rating and a ranking scale? Which one is better at measuring customer satisfaction, and why?

How would the wording of a question on income affect the responses you receive on a survey?