1. A focus group that seeks to stimulate new and unexpected ideas should assemble what type of participants?
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Heterogeneous
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2. While conducting a participant observation study of forest protection among radical environmentalists, Researcher P starts to participate in illegal activities and become a passionate spokesperson for the group that was the case study in the research. Which is most likely about P’s research experience?
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P went native.
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3. The traditional ethnography has all of the following characteristics EXCEPT ______.
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The researcher attempts to ‘go native’ by becoming like the subjects in his or her study
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4. The setting or group that a qualitative researcher treats as an integrated social unit that must be studied holistically and in its particularity is the ______.
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Case study
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Does not require the researcher to enter the field
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6. Identity disclosure is of greatest ethical concern for which type of qualitative researcher?
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Covert participants
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7. The experience sampling method requires the use of what form of technology?
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Pagers
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8. A member of a social setting who is a knowledgeable insider and is willing to share access and insight with a researcher is known as a ______.
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Key informant
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9. Reactive effects occur in participant observation because ______.
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It is unnatural to have an observer to be present in most social situations
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10. Asynchronous interviewing provides an experience similar to an in-person interview.
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False
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11. Thick description provides a sense of what it is like to experience a field setting from the perspective of the researcher.
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False
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12. Reactive effects tend to decline as rapport builds among participant observers and their subjects.
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True
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13. Qualitative research usually pursues exploratory research questions.
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True
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14. A ______ description that conveys a sense of what it is like from the standpoint of the natural actors in that setting.
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Thick
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15. A sampling method recommended for field researchers by Glaser and Strauss (1967). A theoretical sample is drawn in a sequential fashion, with settings or individuals selected for study as earlier observations or interviews indicate that these settings or individuals are influential is called
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Theoretical sampling
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16. The point at which subject selection is ended in intensive interviewing, when new interviews seem to yield little additional information is called
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Saturation point
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17. Sensitivity of and adaptation by the researcher to his or her influence in the research setting is called
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Reflexivity
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18. The changes in individual or group behavior that result from being observed or otherwise studied is called ______ effects
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Reactive
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19. An interpretation of the ethical standard of voluntary consent that allows participants to change their decision about participating at any point by requiring that the researcher check with participants at each stage of the project about their willingness to continue in the project is called process consent
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True
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20. A researcher who gathers data through participating and observing in a setting where he or she develops a sustained relationship with people while they go about their normal activities is called
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Participant observer
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21. A qualitative method for gathering data that involves developing a sustained relationship with people while they go about their normal activities is called participant observation
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True
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22. An insider who is willing and able to provide a field researcher with superior access and information, including answers to questions that arise in the course of the research is called _____ informant
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Key
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23. Brief notes written in the field about highlights of an observation period is called
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Jottings
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24. A qualitative method that involves open-ended, relatively unstructured questioning in which the interviewer seeks in-depth information on the interviewee’s feeling, experiences, and perceptions is called _______ interviewing
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Intensive
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25. A representation of the dialectical process in which the researcher obtains information from multiple stakeholders in a setting, refines his or her understanding of the setting, and then tests that understanding with successive respondents is called hermeneutic _______.
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Circle
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26. A broad question at the start of an interview that seeks to engage the respondent in the topic of interest is called ______ tour question
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Grand
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27. A person in a field setting who can grant researchers access to the setting is called Gatekeeper
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True
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28. A_______ method that involves unstructured group interviews in which the focus group leader actively encourages discussion among participants on the topics of interest is called focus group.
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Qualitative
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29. A researcher who uses _______ methods to conduct research in the field.is called field researcher
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Qualitative
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30. Research in which natural social processes are studied as they happen and left relatively undisturbed is called field _______
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Research
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31. Field Notes that describe what has been observed, heard, or otherwise experienced in a participant observation study. These notes usually are written after the observational session.
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True
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32. A technique for drawing a representative sample of everyday activities, thoughts, and experiences. Participants carry a pager and are beeped at random times over several days or weeks; on hearing the beep, participants complete a report designed by the researcher is called
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Experience sampling method
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33. The study of a culture or cultures that some group of people shares, using participant observation over an extended period is called
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Ethnography
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34. The use of ethnographic methods to study online communities; also termed netnography, cyber ethnography, and virtual ethnography is called
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Digital ethnography
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35. A role in participant observation in which the researcher does not participate in group activities and is not publicly defined as a researcher is called Covert observer
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True
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36. Constructivism is A methodology based on questioning belief in an external reality; emphasizes the importance of exploring the way in which different stakeholders in a social setting construct their beliefs.
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True
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37. ____ observer is a role in participant observation in which the researcher does not participate in group activities and is publicly defined as a researcher.
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Complete
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38. ____ participant is role in field research in which the researcher does not reveal his or her identity as a researcher to those who are observed while participating.
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Complete
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39. Case study is setting or group that the analyst treats as an integrated social unit that must be studied holistically and in its particularity.
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True
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40. Adaptive research design that develops as the research progresses.
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True
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