1.  What are the quality differences between the various methods we’ve been studying?  Do these differences in quality (meaning, the quality of the data obtained) significantly impact our research results?

2.  Lauer and Asher recommend, when initially running a questionnaire or survey, to use questions which have been found previously to be useful (65).  I find this to be a problem, as it seems to be mostly doing research that’s already been done.  Logically, I don’t understand how asking a certain population questions that have been asked before will result in original research.  How could this work to our advantage?

3.  Lauer and Asher briefly mention Project TALENT, a research project done in 1972 and the data of which is mostly untouched (77).  How (in what situation) would it be useful to go back to data that’s a couple of decades old?  What pros or cons are there?