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Which method of data collections covers the widest area?

A
Telephone interview method

B
Direct interview method

C
Mailed questionnaire method

D
All of above

Solution

Under mailed questionnaire method, a well designed questionnaire is mailed to the informants with a request to fill it up and return the same within the specific time schedule. By this method, a wide range of people can be connected.
Question 2
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Under_________ method investigator instead of presenting himself before the informants contact them on telephone and collect the desired information.

A
telephonic survey

B
direct personal interview

C
indirect oral interview

D
questionnaire sent through enumerators

Solution

The quickest method to collect primary data is telephonic survey. A wide range of people can be connected through this method. People are asked questions through the use of telephone and data is collected according to their answers. Thus, under telephonic survey method, investigator instead of presenting himself before the informants contact them on telephone and collect the desired information.
Question 3
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Statistical data relating to any subject could be collected ______________.

A
by actual counting

B
by measurement

C
by estimation

D
Any of the avove

Solution

Statistical data relating to any subject could be collected by any of the following- by actual counting, by measurement and by estimation.By a system of measuring a particular information, data could be collected by measurement. Whereas, by estimation, a point estimate is calculated to obtain a statistical data.
Question 4
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Suppose we are using stratified sampling for a particular population and have divided it into strata of different sizes. How can we now make sample selection?

A
Select an equal number of units from each stratum at random.

B
Draw unequal number of units from each stratum and weigh the result.

C
Draw number of units from each stratum proportional to their size in the population

D
None of the above
Question 5
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Which of the following statement is true?

A
In stratified random sampling, all the units of the population have equal chance of being selected in the sample.

B
In simple random sampling, all units of the population have equal chance of being selected in the sample.

C
In any simpling method, the size does not depend on population.

D
In systematic sampling, all units of the population have equal chance of being elected in the sample.
Question 6
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The collection of statistical data must be in a ________ manner.

A
careful

B
systematic

C
careful and systematic

D
arbitrary

Solution

The collection of statistical data must be in a careful and systematic manner, otherwise, false result will be obtained. To get a reliable and accurate data, the collection of data must be in a careful manner.
Question 7
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The quickest method to collect primary data is _____________.

A
personal interview

B
indirect interview

C
mailed questionnaire method

D
telephonic survey

Solution

The quickest method to collect primary data is telephonic survey. A wide range of people can be connected through this method. People are asked questions through the use of telephone and data is collected according to their answers.
Question 8
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Which of the following statements is true?

A
A sample in which a unit is selected after replacing the unit selected earlier in the population is called a sample without replacement.

B
If a unit is to be destroyed during an inquiry then sample inquiry is not necessary but also inevitable.

C
In any sampling method, the sample size is larger than the population size.

D
Stratified random sampling is best if the population is homogeneous.
Question 9
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Which of the following methods can be used for the collection of primary data?

A
Direct personal observation

B
Published sources

C
Unpublished sources

D
All of the above

Solution

Primary data refers to the data that has been collected for the first time i.e. it has not been published earlier. Direct personal observation is a method for collecting primary data as it is been recorded for the first time.
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Secondary data refers to __________.

A
the data that have already been collected and used by some agency

B
the data collected for the first time

C
the data collected by the Government

D
the data collected by the private enterprises

Solution

Secondary data refers to the data that has been collected earlier by any agency for their particular project and now it has been used by others for their own project.

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Question 1

Telephone interview method

Direct interview method

Mailed questionnaire method

All of above

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Question 2

telephonic survey

direct personal interview

indirect oral interview

questionnaire sent through enumerators

Solution

Question 3

by actual counting

by measurement

by estimation

Any of the avove

Solution

Question 4

Select an equal number of units from each stratum at random.

Draw unequal number of units from each stratum and weigh the result.

Draw number of units from each stratum proportional to their size in the population

None of the above

Question 5

In stratified random sampling, all the units of the population have equal chance of being selected in the sample.

In simple random sampling, all units of the population have equal chance of being selected in the sample.

In any simpling method, the size does not depend on population.

In systematic sampling, all units of the population have equal chance of being elected in the sample.

Question 6

careful

systematic

careful and systematic

arbitrary

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Question 7

personal interview

indirect interview

mailed questionnaire method

telephonic survey

Solution

Question 8

A sample in which a unit is selected after replacing the unit selected earlier in the population is called a sample without replacement.

If a unit is to be destroyed during an inquiry then sample inquiry is not necessary but also inevitable.

In any sampling method, the sample size is larger than the population size.

Stratified random sampling is best if the population is homogeneous.

Question 9

Direct personal observation

Published sources

Unpublished sources

All of the above

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Question 10

the data that have already been collected and used by some agency

the data collected for the first time

the data collected by the Government

the data collected by the private enterprises

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