Qualitative research

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

• grounded theory

• case study

• ethnography

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

The following are the characteristics of qualitative research except

• emergent

• focus on outcome

• exploratory

• focus on process

An inductive process of researching involves

• asking broad research questions

• identifying sets of variable

• making predictions

• employing structured data collection methods

The research questions in qualitative/interpretivist research should fit which of the following guidelines?

• They must contain variables to show relationship

• They must be set broadly to cover the wide array of the phenomenon to be studied

• They should begin with "what", "how" or "why"

• They must suggest cause effect relationship

Doing research in a natural setting means all of the following except:

• Seeing participants behave

• Observing participants interacting

• Talking to participants

• Using structured questionnaires with participants

• Having face-to-face interaction with participants

Which is the key instrument of qualitative research?

• Psychological tests

• Surveys

• Unstructured interview

• The researcher

• observation checklists