Review Research Methods

Review Research Methods

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Multiple Select

Which ones of these data collection methods are qualitative?

• Structured, questionnaire-based interview

• Structured observation

• Focus group

• Semi-structured interview

• Participant observation

Multiple Choice

Which way of distributing questionnaires is completed by interviewer?

• Delivery and collection questionnaire (drop and pick)

• Online questionnaire

• Postal questionnaire

• Telephone questionnaire

Multiple Choice

It is most appropriate to use in-depth interview in ___________ research.

• exploratory

• descriptive

• explanatory

Multiple Select

Which methods are most appropriate for meeting this research objective: to explore the strategies general managers of three-star, full-service hotels used to reduce voluntary frontline employee turnover

• Quantitative study

• Qualitative study

• Semistructured interviews

• Multiple case study

• Questionnaire-based survey

Multiple Choice

One of these research strategies is considered a mixed method approach. What is it?

• survey

• experiment

• case study

• ethnography

Case study strategy is ...

• an in-depth investigation of a single person, group, event or community, using multiple sources of evidence

• appropriate for asking the question ‘why?’ (although the questions ‘what?’ and ‘how?’ are also relevant)

• most often used in exploratory and explanatory research

Multiple Choice

If you are concerned with understanding why managers make decisions in certain ways rather than an analysis of the decisions that are made, who makes them, the frequency of decisions and their perceived importance, the case study may be for you.

• True

• False