Student Resources for Chapter 8 of Research Design Explained:
Survey Research

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See how most of the key terms are connected by looking at this concept map. Understand Chapter 8's rules and slogans	Matching quiz Test yourself on key terms with flashcards on Bias and types of survey research Sampling issues Statistical issues	Take a survey (or two, or three)--and possibly learn how to have better control over your spending at this site. If you are ready to draft a method section, download this tutorial on writing the method section.	Help with answering the end-of-chapter exercises.
Read these 13 tips for making sense of election polls from Harry Enten (the first 9 tips are especially valuable)	Take some practice quizzes Take the a short, general quiz over the entire chapter. Take 13-item quizzes over the first (biases and planning the survey) part of the chapter. Quiz A Quiz B Take 15-item quizzes over the second (biases and types of questions) part of the chapter. Quiz A Quiz B Take 9-item quizzes over the third (sampling and refining your survey) part of the chapter. Quiz A Quiz B Take 8-item quizzes over the fourth (statistics) part of the chapter . Quiz A Quiz B	Tips on writing survey questions: Watch this short (under 5 minutes) video that tells you the basics of writing questions for a survey (from the experts at the Pew Research Center). Draw a random sample Using an online tutorial and tool Using Excel
Read this short article to be sure you understand what margin of error and confidence intervals mean See why sampling bias is a problem
Further review the material by reading the chapter summary. If you need to review what different correlation coefficients mean , download "The Correlator." Windows version (When you try to run it, MS defender may give you a warning. If so, click on Defender's "More Info" link, and then click the "Run anyway" button) Macintosh version Before taking a quiz or test over Chapter 8, be sure you can answer these review questions.	Review by testing yourself on the key issues testing yourself on the chapter objectives Review the chapter glossary	If your questionnaire contains a scale, download this Excel program to evaluate the reliability and construct validity of that scale. To use this Excel program, you should have (1) given several participants your questionnaire, (2) calculated a score for each participant that is the sum of the participant's responses to the odd-numbered questions (1, 3, 5, etc.) that make up your scale (for this sum, ignore survey questions that are not part of the scale), and (3) a score for each participant that is the sum of the participant's questions to the even-numbered questions (2,4, 6, etc.) on your scale (again, don't include survey questions that are not part of your scale ). Although not necessary, It would also be helpful if you had a score for each participant on another related measure.

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