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Quality Of Research and Ethics MCQ

Having an “exit strategy” is really important for researchers and research participants to:

Acknowledge the limits of their relationship

Know what’s coming up and to be prepared for the end

Find closure with the study and the participants

Turn off the emotional sides to his or her self.

Answer

Correct Answer: Find closure with the study and the participants

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Researchers can find themselves in predicaments with informants by:

Over promising things they can’t deliver

Being too “chummy” and letting people stay in their home

Giving money to people who desperately need it

All of the above

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Correct Answer: All of the above

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Gatekeepers are those people in a group who act as “the deciders” of whether or not you will gain entrée into a situation. Therefore you must:

Establish small talk with this person(s) all the time to show you are aware of their status

Find out if they understand your study and will help you gain access

Get consent from them to participate, and introduce you to other key people

Pay them under the table to participate

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Correct Answer: Get consent from them to participate, and introduce you to other key people

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Franziska is concerned about her study because she has seen questionable childrearing tactics use She is worried about the welfare of the children. She should:

Talk to her research advisor immediately to see if there are cultural differences and interpretations of these situations

Ask one of the parents what they are doing so she can better understand

Ask a respected elder in the community for their understanding of the situation, and for further details.

All of the above

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Correct Answer: Talk to her research advisor immediately to see if there are cultural differences and interpretations of these situations

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In reality, IRB reviewers are concerned about:

One-time consent forms and ongoing research that may become threatening to the informant

Doing no harm to the “subjects” of the study

Misleading informants with consent that doesn’t accurately portray the amount of risk involved

All of the above

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Correct Answer: All of the above

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In reality, IRB reviewers are concerned about:

One-time consent forms and ongoing research that may become threatening to the informant

Doing no harm to the “subjects” of the study

Misleading informants with consent that doesn’t accurately portray the amount of risk involved

All of the above

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Correct Answer: All of the above

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Members of the IRB come from various sectors of the institution, and sometimes are criticized by researchers because:

Many of the members tend to use a quantitative lens (positivist) to review the proposals and are highly critical of qualitative research

They want a level of specificity in protocols that we may not be able to deliver

They are concerned for the welfare of the researchers

They do not allow research with children.

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Correct Answer: Many of the members tend to use a quantitative lens (positivist) to review the proposals and are highly critical of qualitative research

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Members of the IRB come from various sectors of the institution, and sometimes are criticized by researchers because:

Many of the members tend to use a quantitative lens (positivist) to review the proposals and are highly critical of qualitative research

They want a level of specificity in protocols that we may not be able to deliver

They are concerned for the welfare of the researchers

They do not allow research with children.

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Correct Answer: Many of the members tend to use a quantitative lens (positivist) to review the proposals and are highly critical of qualitative research

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Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) have been developed at all institutions of higher education in response to:

The potential risks inherent in working with research participants

The long-standing problems historically when working with vulnerable people, primarily in the medical fields

The need to micromanage the research affairs of qualitative studies

The lack of understanding of qualitative research.

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Correct Answer: The potential risks inherent in working with research participants

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Since qualitative methods are central to the relationships that are built between the informants, the researcher must constantly:

Reflect on the social circumstances and power relationships that emerge from these relationships

Understand the parameters, and not become a member of the group being studied

Ideally understand and critically examine the transformational nature of this process.

All of the above

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Correct Answer: All of the above

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Since qualitative methods are central to the relationships that are built between the informants, the researcher must constantly:

Reflect on the social circumstances and power relationships that emerge from these relationships

Understand the parameters, and not become a member of the group being studied

Ideally understand and critically examine the transformational nature of this process.

All of the above

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Correct Answer: All of the above

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Reciprocity in a study generally involves the notion that:

Both parties give and take, with mutual benefit from the study

The informants have equal say in determining the course of the study

The researcher needs to confirm ahead of time what the research protocol will involve

The informants have to be acknowledged as co-authors.

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Correct Answer: Both parties give and take, with mutual benefit from the study

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Being “relational” to your study means that:

The researcher has a deepening awareness of the participants

The researcher has positive regard for his/her informants

There is a fine line between “researcher as expert” and “informant as expert”

All of the above

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Correct Answer: All of the above

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Being “relational” to your study means that:

The researcher has a deepening awareness of the participants

The researcher has positive regard for his/her informants

There is a fine line between “researcher as expert” and “informant as expert”

All of the above

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Correct Answer: All of the above

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Qualitative researchers should give research participants an illusion of objectivity.

True

False

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Correct Answer: False

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One of the most, if not the most important aspect of qualitative research is the relational aspect of the research.

True

False

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Correct Answer: True

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When individuals consider people from various groups as lacking in certain knowledge, skills, or value, leading to the _____ of non-dominant groups and group members, it is called Deficit Orientation.

Devaluation

Degradation

Pathologization

All of these

Answer

Correct Answer: All of these

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