Marketing 346 - Market Research » Spring 2023 » Chapter 7 Connect Quiz

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Question #1
Which of the following is true about a semantic differential scale?
A.   It is a type of ratio scale.
B.   Only the endpoints of the scale are labeled.
C.   It cannot capture a person's attitudes or feelings about a given object.
D.   It is a type of nominal scale.
E.   It is not possible to calculate the mean for each attribute.
Question #2
A(n) ________ is a situation where the question/setup suggests a socially desirable answer or involves an emotionally charged issue.
A.   double-barreled question
B.   double negative question
C.   loaded question
D.   ambiguous question
E.   complex question
Question #3
Which of the following is true of an ordinal scale?
A.   It is less powerful than a nominal scale.
B.   It is the most basic and least powerful scale design.
C.   It allows researchers to make absolute comparisons between responses.
D.   It allows responses to be rank-ordered in a hierarchical pattern.
E.   It can measure absolute differences between scale points.
Question #4
A researcher designs his questionnaire in such a way that respondents can communicate the intensity with which they like or dislike a product by circling an appropriate number from the response options that go from 1 to 7 (where 1 is for "strongly disagree" and 7 is for "strongly agree"). These numbers (1 to 7) are commonly referred to as
A.   scale portions.
B.   scale points.
C.   construct ordinals.
D.   scale ratios.
E.   construct points.
Question #5
Which of the following statements is true of scale responses?
A.   They should require the respondents to perform a complex behavior.
B.   They should overlap wherever possible.
C.   They should be mutually exclusive.
D.   They are most effective when leading questions are used.
E.   They are likely to have a negative effect on scale descriptors.
Question #6
________ is the process of assigning descriptors to represent the range of possible responses to a question about a particular object or construct.
A.   Situation analysis
B.   Propensity scoring
C.   Debriefing analysis
D.   Purposive sampling
E.   Scale measurement
Question #7
Which of the following statements is true about interval scales?
A.   They are the highest level scale.
B.   The standard deviation cannot be calculated for interval scales.
C.   They can measure absolute differences between scale points.
D.   They do not allow for comparison between measured objects.
E.   They are less powerful than ordinal scales.
Question #8
Which of the following types of scales asks the respondent to state his or her agreement or disagreement with a series of statements about a specific brand in terms of a 5-point scale ranging from "strongly agree" to "strongly disagree"?
A.   A numerical scale
B.   A semantic differential scale
C.   A Likert scale
D.   A constant sum scale
E.   A paired-comparison scale
Question #9
Which of the following is an example of a leading question?
A.   Are you happy with your life?
B.   Do you agree with nutritionists when they say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day?
C.   Are you more or less likely to not forget to undo the damages caused by your inactions?
D.   Do you think that plants are affected by solar flares?
E.   Is there a possibility that you would create something every week for the next couple of years?
Question #10
Which of the following is true of measurement?
A.   The goal of the construct development process is to precisely measure each construct.
B.   It is the process of developing methods to systematically characterize or quantify information about persons, events, ideas, or objects of interest.
C.   As part of the measurement process, researchers assign labels to phenomena they measure but do not assign numbers to them.
D.   The process of measurement begins with scale measurement followed by construct development.
E.   As part of the measurement process, researchers assign numbers to phenomena they measure but do not label them.

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