Management MCQ: Data and Research Management

Generally speaking, I can use an SPSS dataset or any adequately equipped dataset for the following:

A) To answer research questions
B) To answer my personal relationship questions
C) To answer my mother's nagging questions
D) To answer many questions about many populations from all over the world
E) To determine paternity

Answer: A) To answer research questions

This course is designed to provide me with:

A) A warm place to sleep
B) A warm place to learn
C) A few skills I didn't have before
D) A more in depth understanding of research and data management than I had before
E) C & D

Answer: E) C & D

Research intended for a general, or government audience would/could be circulated:

A) Generally to an academic community for an academic purpose, but could be accessed by the public
B) Generally to a government community for an academic purpose, and is restricted
C) Generally to any audience that is interested, and is willing to pay
D) Via government websites, libraries, and or across government agencies, and inter-governmental departments

Answer: A) Generally to an academic community for an academic purpose, but could be accessed by the public

Research intended for an academic audience would be circulated:

A) Generally to an academic community for an academic purpose, but could be accessed by the public
B) Generally to an academic community for an academic purpose, and is restricted
C) Generally to any audience that is interested, and is willing to pay
D) No one is interested in academic research

Answer: B) Generally to an academic community for an academic purpose, and is restricted

Research in a law enforcement context is considered useful because:

A) It cannot provide answers to better understand any aspect of law enforcement; resources, structure, performance, crime trends, criminal behavior, public confidence, actions of the police).
B) It can provide answers to better understand just about any aspect of law enforcement; resources, structure, performance, crime trends, criminal behavior, public confidence, actions of the police).
C) It can provide a foundation for continued promotion
D) It can provide answers to better understand all aspects of tax enforcement; resources, structure, performance, tax trends, tax offending, public confidence, and actions of tax officials).

Answer: B) It can provide answers to better understand just about any aspect of law enforcement; resources, structure, performance, crime trends, criminal behavior, public confidence, actions of the police).

Accessing both Statistics Canada (downloading data), and surveying residents of a community for the same research purpose is considered:

A) The best method
B) The multi-method
C) Mixed methods
D) Further methods

Answer: C) Mixed methods

Accessing Statistics Canada and downloading data for research is considered:

A) Secondary research
B) Primary research
C) Lame research
D) Useful research
E) B & D

Answer: A) Secondary research

Surveying a community regarding their opinion of a police department's performance is considered:

A) Secondary research
B) Primary research
C) Lame research
D) Useful research
E) B & D

Answer: E) B & D

The three biggest "road bumps" to effective knowledge translation are:

A) Organization, wording & clarity
B) Organizations, world views & clarity
C) Assumptions, wording & clarity
D) Clarity, wording & biases
E) None of the above

Answer: C) Assumptions, wording & clarity

Common "road bumps" to effective knowledge translation are:

A) Assumptions, Attitudes, Receptiveness, Tiredness, Learning disabilities, Confirmation of understanding, Biology
B) Assumptions, Attitudes, Receptiveness, Timeliness, Learning style, Confirmation of understanding, Bias
C) Assumptions, Aptitude, Receptiveness, Timeliness, Learning style, Confirmation of understanding, Bias
D) Assumptions, Attitudes, Receptiveness, Persuasiveness, Timeliness, Learning style, Confirmation of understanding, Bias

Answer: B) Assumptions, Attitudes, Receptiveness, Timeliness, Learning style, Confirmation of understanding, Bias

Generally speaking, retrieving primary data is considered:

A) Entirely more desirable than retrieving secondary data
B) Costly
C) More specific
D) Less time efficient than retrieving secondary source data
E) All of the above
F) B, C & D

Answer: F) B, C & D

Generally speaking, retrieving secondary data is considered:

A) More desirable than retrieving primary source data
B) Costly
C) More specific
D) Less time efficient than retrieving secondary source data
E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Answer: A) More desirable than retrieving primary source data

Quantitative methods generally include:

A) Surveys, electronic raw data, raw file data
B) Phone interviews, raw conversations
C) Interviews of any kind
D) Surveys are the only quantitative method
E) None of the above

Answer: A) Surveys, electronic raw data, raw file data

Qualitative methods generally include:

A) Interviews of participants which generate text based responses as opposed to numeric responses
B) Surveys of participants
C) Raw file data of survey participants
D) CPIC survey participant extractions
E) None of the above

Answer: A) Interviews of participants which generate text based responses as opposed to numeric responses

In research, coding generally refers to:

A) Computer coding systems
B) Hyper Text Mark-up Language (HTML)
C) Adding numeric codes or values to numbers which is text based in a survey, or raw files.
D) Adding numeric codes or values to information which is text based in a survey, or raw files.
E) Adding numeric codes or values to information which is text based in a survey, or raw files and is typically done in conjunction with a coding manual
F) C or E

Answer: F) C or E

The reason we need to articulate our research simply and clearly is:

A) It helps get the research published
B) It is beneficial to many other people
C) To get the message/information across to the decision maker
D) There is no benefit to being articulate
E) None of the above

Answer: C) To get the message/information across to the decision maker

A Likert Scale survey question would most resemble the following:

A) My degree program was beneficial.
a. Disagree----somewhat agree----mostly agree--------Agree

B) My degree program was beneficial.
Disagree--------------------------------------------Agree

C) I am almost finished my degree.
a. Yes---------------------------------------------------No

D) My degree program was beneficial.

Answer:

a. Do not agree----somewhat agree----mostly agree--------completely in agreement, but there would be a few changes I would make
A) My degree program was beneficial.
a. Disagree----somewhat agree----mostly agree--------Agree

The general elements of a research report include:

A) Front cover, general content, conclusion & appendix
B) Title page, index, content, results, conclusion, recommendations, references
C) General problem, specific problem, who it is a problem for, why it is a problem, what you are going to do about it, how you are going to do it, what you did, what the results were, what you recommend is done about it
D) General problem, specific problem, why it is a problem, what you are going to do about it, how you are going to do it, when you are going to something about it, what you did, what the results were, what you recommend is done about it
E) None of the above

Answer: B) Title page, index, content, results, conclusion, recommendations, references

Primary source data is generally retrieved from:

A) Statistics Canada or Open Data portals
B) The Primary Data Agency Network of Canada
C) Abbotsford Police Department
D) Surveys, interviews and raw agency files or databases

Answer: D) Surveys, interviews and raw agency files or databases

Secondary source data is generally retrieved from:

A) Magazines and friends
B) Statistics Canada, and or other data warehouses
C) Research reports
D) B & C
E) It shouldn't be retrieved in the first place, because it is considered unreliable

Answer: D) B & C