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WorksheetsQualitative research
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
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
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
Critical theory research is concerned with all of the following except
transformation
emancipation
social justice
generalisabity
Which is the weakest reason for interpretivist/qualitative research findings to be not-generalisable?
sample size is too small
research is concerned with understanding uniqueness
social phenomena is a subjective matter
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
Which of these research paradigms closely adhere to natural science's assumptions about researching?
Interpretivist/qualitative research
Critical theory research
Positivist research
Action research
