1. Planning the Report and Managing Data
Chapter 9
Planning the Report and Managing Data

2. Question
Errors of omission are not as serious as errors of commission when reporting data.
True
False

3. Answer
Errors of omission are not as serious as errors of commission when reporting data.
True
False *correct answer

4. Question
When the categories for a questionnaire item are mutually exclusive, the categories do not overlap.
True
False

5. Answer
When the categories for a questionnaire item are mutually exclusive, the categories do not overlap.
True *correct answer
False

6. Question
Use a table when individual values are more important than the overall picture.
True
False

7. Answer
Use a table when individual values are more important than the overall picture.
True
False *correct answer

8. Question
The first step in data analysis is to look at each piece in isolation.
True
False

9. Answer
The first step in data analysis is to look at each piece in isolation.
True *correct answer
False

10. Question
The term used to allow an index to search for the root of a term is
Boolean logic.
truncation.
indexing.
directories.
paraphrasing.

11. Answer
The term used to allow an index to search for the root of a term is
Boolean logic.
truncation. *correct answer
indexing.
directories.
paraphrasing.

12. Question
What term applies to questions in which all possible alternatives are listed for a questionnaire item?
leading
exhaustive
mutually exhaustive
paired
vague

13. Answer
What term applies to questions in which all possible alternatives are listed for a questionnaire item?
leading
exhaustive *correct answer
mutually exhaustive
paired
vague

14. Question
Which of the following is not a guideline for designing a table?
Place footnotes for table data at the bottom of the page.
Use common abbreviations and symbols in tables.
Label each table with a table number and a descriptive title.
Use appropriate column headings.
Include a source note below the table if the table data is based on secondary data.

15. Answer
Which of the following is not a guideline for designing a table?
Place footnotes for table data at the bottom of the page. *correct answer
Use common abbreviations and symbols in tables.
Label each table with a table number and a descriptive title.
Use appropriate column headings.
Include a source note below the table if the table data is based on secondary data.

16. Question
Which of the following is not part of the three step data analysis process?
Look at each piece of data as if it were the only piece of data collected.
Look at data in combination with other data.
Convert raw data to information.
Synthesize all information gathered by considering all facts and then the relationships of all the facts together.
Make sense of the data.

17. Answer
Which of the following is not part of the three step data analysis process?
Look at each piece of data as if it were the only piece of data collected.
Look at data in combination with other data.
Convert raw data to information. *correct answer
Synthesize all information gathered by considering all facts and then the relationships of all the facts together.
Make sense of the data.