Qualitative research

When you would like to explore a phenomenon indepth, you employ

• semi-structured interview

• structured interview

The cyclical process of data collection and analysis is called_________ process.

• deductive

• iterative

• coding

When you study the group culture, you would employ an approach called

• grounded theory

• case study

• ethnography

The followings are data analysis approaches except

• thematic analysis

• constant comparative method

• audit trail

Researcher as human instrument means

• the researcher is sensitive and responsive to the participants needs and will adjust accordingly

• the researcher brings along a co-researcher to facilitate the data collection activities

An interpretivist research assumes that the social world is largely

• unstable

• uniform

• chaotic

• fluid

• predictable

The following are the characteristics of qualitative research except

• emergent

• focus on outcome

• exploratory

• focus on process

A questionnaire can be used in interpretivist research

• Yes, in all forms

• Yes, if it is in unstructured form

• Not if it restricts the freedom to respond

• Never

An inductive process of researching involves

• asking broad research questions

• identifying sets of variable

• making predictions

• employing structured data collection methods

Positivist researchers assume that

• the social world is predictable

• there is some level of uniformity in the soclal world

• individuals have their own unique stories to tell

• some universal statements can be said about the general population