PRINTING OUT THE DATA ANALYSIS PROJECT IS ADVISABLE.

1. What is meant by response rate? A low response rate brings what major concern? What is considered an adequate response rate for mailed questionnaires? After how many follow-up letters, do you say enough is enough? Does promising anonymity increase response rates as compared to promising confidentiality?

2. In a questionnaire, do opinion questions come before factual (demographics) or vice versa?

3. In an interview, do opinion questions come before factual (demographics) or vice versa?

4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using a questionnaire as compared to an interview format?

5. When an interviewer and a respondent differ in terms of race or social distance, how does this affects the results?

6. With computer assisted telephone interviews (CATI)-- do you get a higher response rate? --do you reach people with unlisted numbers? --can you personalize the questions to include peoples' names? --can you use contingency questions based on how the respondent answered previous questions?

7. Does assuring anonymity result in a higher response rate than assurances of confidentiality?