RMB p4

Interviews and focus groups are:

• A. Research methodologies.
• B. Elements of the conceptual framework.
• C. Elements of the theoretical framework.
• D. Examples of data gathering methods

Interviews and focus groups can be conducted face-to-face or:

• A. Back-to-back.
• B. Front to back.
• C. Using computer mediated communication (CMC).
• D. Using extra sensory perception (ESP).

In a focus group:

• A. The researcher facilitates a group of people in focusing on and discussing the phenomenon under investigation.
• B. The researcher interviews a group of people.
• C. The researcher interviews one person.
• D. The researcher photographs a group of people.

Focus groups are generally used when:

• A. The researcher hasn't time to interview participants.
• B. The researcher doesn't want to interview participants.
• C. The researcher refuses to interview participants.
• D. The researcher wants the participants to focus on a particular phenomenon and through that focus, generate some ideas about or insights into the phenomenon under investigation.

Three of the five types of interview explored in the textbook are:

• A. The one-to-one interview, the group interview and the telephone interview.
• B. The short interview, the long interview and the in-between interview.
• C. The happy interview, the sad interview and the neutral interview.
• D. The radio interview, the television interview and the dvd interview.

In focus groups and in group interviews:

• A. The researcher is the focus of attention.
• B. The group is the focus of attention.
• C. The group dynamic is used to help generate the required data.
• D. The group dynamic is often beyond the control of the researcher.

Online interviews are:

• A. Interviews conducted over the telephone.
• B. A different form of focus group.
• C. Better than any other kind of interview.
• D. Interviews conducted online

In photo-elicitation interviews, the researcher engages research participants in:

• A. Taking photographs.
• B. Collecting photographs.
• C. A search for photographs.
• D. An exploration and analysis of a photograph or a series of photographs.

Bias in research is:

• A. Anything that compromises or contaminates the research or the data.
• B. The way researchers tend to favour particular areas of research.
• C. The way researchers tend to favour particular methodologies in research
• D. The way researchers tend to favour particular methods of research

Interviews are conducted differently in:

• A. The Middle East and the Far East.
• B. Africa and Asia.
• C. Europe and America.
• D. Quantitative and qualitative research.