Across
- 1. (2 words) a card that lists response options when the options are lengthy
- 5. population which is the aggregate of cases about which the researcher would like to generalize
- 8. (2 words) technique for measuring attitudes by rating concepts
- 11. type of sampling using researchers' knowledge about population to select sample members
- 12. (2 words)list of elements from which the sample will be chosen
- 14. technique to elicit more useful information than what was initially volunteered
- 16. (2 words) instructions to skip to certain questions within an interview
- 18. early sample members
- 19. sample in which the researcher identifies population strata and determines participants needed from each stratum
Down
- 2. adjustment which is made to arrive at the best estimate of overall population values
- 3. type of scale where end points specify opposite extremes on a continuum
- 4. type of bias that reflects consistent selection of extreme alternatives (e.g. "strongly agree")
- 6. (2 words) systematic over-representation or under-representation of a population segment
- 7. (2 words) plan which specifies how participants are selected and how many to include
- 9. (2 words) type of question designed to route study participants through a set of questions
- 10. (2 words) expresses the strength of relationships among variables
- 13. evaluation and refinement of new research instrument
- 15. type of sampling where participants already enrolled in the study make recommendations for new participants
- 17. refers to either a unit of behavior or a time interval
- 19. (2 words) sorting cards along a bipolar scale with a predetermined amount per item