Quiz Table
Answer
Letter
Questions and Answer Options
Answer 1
1.
Which of these data sets is not an example of "secondary data"?
a.
results of a survey you conducted at the school cafeteria.
b.
results of the 1980 US census
c.
results of the most recent survey of American Business
d.
results of the USA Today college football poll
Answer 2
2.
Which of these does NOT characterize secondary data
a.
often strongly spatially referenced
b.
extensively pretested data gathering tools
c.
free from bias
d.
all of these are characteristic
Answer 3
3.
The ecological fallacy refers to what problem common to secondary data?
a.
researchers often accidently attribute community characteristics upon specific individuals
b.
poll takers often presume the know the best questions to ask of survey respondents
c.
the government often fails to report on anti-business data, even if it's bad for the environment
d.
environmental data is frequently outdated due to lack of funding for this type of research
Answer 4
4.
Microdata, or data detailing individuals is great for research, but has a major drawback for geographers because it frequently lacks:
a.
too much personal detail
b.
not enough personal detail
c.
too much geographic (spatial) detail
d.
not enough geographic (spatial) detail
Answer 5
5.
What do the authors cite as a problem with student generated questionnaires?
a.
questions not interpreted consistently by respondents
b.
students fail to recognize all the possible viable answers
c.
students don't have time to test their questions properly
d.
all of these are cited.
Answer 6
6
Which of the following is not cited by the text as a legitimate use of secondary data?
a.
as context for a study
b.
as a tool to discredit the secondary data itself.
c.
to compare two places or times
d.
as the basis for analysis
Answer 7
7.
If you were to repeat another researchers' study, but in a different town as a case study, you would be engaging in what process?
a.
replication
b.
reiteration
c.
plagarism
d.
ethical violation
Answer 8
8
If you were to look for a pattern of cause between two sets of variables (income and education for example) which of the following statistical measure makes sense?
a.
regression
b.
index of segregation
c.
townsend index
d.
chi square test
Answer 9
9.
What term would characterize a correlation analysis between statistics based on ZIP codes and school districts?
a.
modifiable areal unit problem
b.
dissimiliarity problematic
c.
segregate unit problematic
d.
all of these are problems according to the text
Answer 10
10.
Researchers who find that they cannot get reliable data on personal income, might use other variables like "percent renting homes" in a neighborhood to find income. Such a variable is called a__________
a.
substitute
b.
replacement
c.
surrogate
d.
altered instance
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