QLR Pretest

Which of the following is NOT a method of quantitative research?

• Grounded Theory Research

• Correlational Research

• Quasi-Experimental Research

• Experimental Research

A .................. is a group interview involving a small number of demographically similar people or participants who have other common traits/experiences.

• Focus Group

• Case Study

• In-depth Analysis

• Narrative Analysis

....................is a research that focus on and gather in depth information about a specific person, group, community or event

• Case Studies

• FGD

• Ethnographic Studies

• Phenomenology Research

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

• grounded theory

• case study

• ethnography

Which is the key instrument of qualitative research?

• Psychological tests

• Surveys

• Unstructured interview

• The researcher

• observation checklists

Which of the following is a characteristic of qualitative research?

• Deductive process

• Control over the context

• Fixed research design

• Inductive process

In qualitative research, a guiding principle in deciding sample size is:

• Effect size

• Number of variables

• Data saturation

• Sub-group analysis

Qualitative data are LEAST LIKELY to be collected by:

• photographs

• questionnaires

• diaries

• official records

 

In qualitative research, the role of the researcher is to:

• reduce information to numerical form

• become highly familiar with the context of the study

• develop instruments for data collection

• carry out statistical analyses

A phenomenological study makes the assumption that:

• there is an objective reality

• unique phenomena are especially enlightening

• individual perceptions vary greatly

• important agreements exist among individual perceptions