Discuss the three questions that a researcher should ask in the start-up stage of the survey conduct; "Who will be the respondents?" "What information does the researcher want to learn from them?" "How can a researcher get that information?
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What will be an ideal response?
Who - researcher needs to know about his respondents. Without knowing the who, questions may be irrelevant or inappropriate. What - the researcher needs to focus on what info he needs for how he will use it -otherwise the information will be irrelevant. How - the researcher needs to decide the appropriate format of the survey. A short pilot
run is always a good indication if the survey is appropriate.
Political Science
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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Which of the following would researchers generally try to avoid using because it can be unstable?
A) Mean B) Median C) Mode D) Variance
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