Qualitative Methods MCQ

Is thick Description a rich description that conveys a sense of what a phenomenon or situation is like from the standpoint of the actors in that setting?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as a sampling method recommended for field research; the 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

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Correct Answer: Theoretical Sampling

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_____ is defined as a strategy that increases the reliability of observational data using explicit rules that standardize coding practices across observers

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Correct Answer: Systematic Observation

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_____ is the point at which subject selection is ended in intensive interviewing, when new interviews seem to yield little additional information

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Correct Answer: Saturation Point

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Is reactive Effects the changes in an individual or group behavior due to being observed or otherwise studied?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as the changes in an individual or group behavior due to being observed or otherwise studied

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Correct Answer: Reactive Effects

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_____ is defined as 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

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Correct Answer: Process Consent

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_____ is 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

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Correct Answer: Process Consent

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Is photovoice a qualitative method in which participants both photograph meaningful scenes and interpret the photographs?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as a qualitative method for gathering data that involves developing a sustained relationship with people while they go about their normal activities

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Correct Answer: Participant Observation

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_____ is defined as the use of ethnographic methods to study online communities

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Correct Answer: Netnography

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_____ is brief notes written in the field about highlights of an observation period

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Correct Answer: Jottings

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Is intensive Interviewing a qualitative method that involves open-ended, relatively unstructured questioning in which the interviewer seeks in-depth information on the respondent’s feelings, experiences, and perceptions?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as a broad question at the start of an interview that seeks to engage the respondent in the topic of interest

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Correct Answer: Grand Tour Questions

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_____ is defined as a qualitative method that involves unstructured group interviews in which the focus group leader encourages discussion among participants on the topics of interest

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Correct Answer: Focus Groups

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_____ is notes that describe what has been observed, heard, or otherwise experienced in a participant observation study. These notes usually are written after the observation session

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Correct Answer: Field Notes

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Is ethnography the study of a culture shared by some group of people, using participant observation over an extended period?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as a role in field research in which the researcher does not reveal his or her identity as a researcher to those who are observed

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Correct Answer: Covert Observer

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_____ is defined as a role in participant observation in which the researcher does not participate in group activities and is publicly identified as a researcher

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Correct Answer: Complete (Covert) Participant

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Is case Study a 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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Correct Answer: True

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Elana is observing student responses in a classroom for children diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrom Which of the following qualitative methods will probably yield her the least information?

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Correct Answer: Focus groups

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Unlike intensive interviewing, participant observation:

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Correct Answer: Requires the researcher to enter the fiel

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Identity disclosure is of the greatest ethical concern for which type of qualitative researcher?

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Correct Answer: Covert participants

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Brief notes that help researchers remember incidents when writing field notes are called:

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Correct Answer: Jottings.

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A rich description that conveys a sense of what an experience is like from the standpoint of the natural actors in the setting is called:

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Correct Answer: Thick description.

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Reactive effects occur in participant observation because:

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Correct Answer: It is unnatural to have an observer present in most situations.

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A research study using _______ observation develops a standard form on which to record variation within the observed setting in terms of the variables of interest.

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Correct Answer: Systematic

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Which of the following is NOT a feature of qualitative research design?

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Correct Answer: Commitment to deductive reasoning

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Focus groups are made up of related individuals that engage in a researcher-led group discussion of a topic for one to two hours.

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Correct Answer: True

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In complete observation, researchers try to see and experience things as they happen without getting caught as the researcher.

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Correct Answer: True

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