QL Data Gathering

A/n_________provide deep, rich, individualized, and contextualized data that are centrally important to qualitative research.

The _________ is a social interaction with both parties sharing in constructing a story and its meanings; both are participants in the

Research ________can also be called protocols or guides, include the questions, prompts, and/or procedures that guide data collection

During a research project, Mia, Nora, and Sophia were able to see and record firsthand the activities in which research participants are engaged in the context(s) in which these activities happen. What method did they use?

• Observation

• Notes

• Fieldnotes

• Memoirs

________ refers to ways that the researcher affects the behaviors and processes observed in the research as a result of being there

_________ observational field notes do not require the researcher to make inferences; rather, the idea is that the researcher observes and simply describes what has been observed as neutrally as possible.

• Evaluative

• Descriptive

• Inferential

• Impartial

During a research study, Zoe was taking _________ observational field notes. This involved Zoe making inferences, interpretations, and assumptions beyond the data—about what is observed and the underlying motives, affect, or emotions of the events and behaviors observed

• Evaluative

• Descriptive

• Inferential

• Impartial

During a research study, David was asked to take _________ observational field notes. This involved the researcher consciously making an inference and a judgment about the nature and motives of the behavior or events observed.

• Evaluative

• Descriptive

• Inferential

• Impartial

_____________ observation is a form of observation in which the researcher, establish a presence or role in the setting.

provide an opportunity to collect data that may not arise in an individual interview because of the group dynamics and interactions

• Focus groups

• Data collection

• Group interviews

• Group dynamics