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WorksheetsResearch Methodology (Boris' Class)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which of the following should not be a criterion for a good research project?
Demonstrates the abilities of the researcher
Is dependent on the completion of other projects
Demonstrates the integration of different fields of knowledge
Develops the skills of the researcher
How much confidence should you place in a single research study?
You should trust research findings after different researchers have replicated the findings
You should completely trust a single research study
Neither a nor b
Both a and b
A qualitative research problem statement:
Specifies the research methods to be utilized
Specifies a research hypothesis
Expresses a relationship between variables
Conveys a sense of emerging design
The feasibility of a research study should be considered in light of:
Cost and time required to conduct the study
Access to gatekeepers and respondents
Potential ethical concerns
All of the above
Research that uses qualitative methods for one phase and quantitative methods for the next phase is known as
Action research
Mixed-method research
Quantitative research
Pragmatic research
Which research paradigm is most concerned about generalizing its findings?
Quantitative research
Qualitative research
Mixed-methods research
All of the above
Qualitative research is used in all the following circumstances, EXCEPT:
It is based on a collection of non-numerical data such as words and pictures
It often uses small samples
It uses the inductive method
It is typically used when a great deal is already known about the topic of interest
In an experiment, the group that does not receive the intervention is called:
The experimental group
The participant group
The control group
The treatment group
Which generally cannot be guaranteed in conducting qualitative studies in the field?
Keeping participants from physical and emotional harm
Gaining informed consent
Assuring anonymity rather than just confidentiality
Maintaining consent forms
One advantage of using a questionnaire is that:
Probe questions can be asked
Respondents can be put at ease
Interview bias can be avoided
Response rates are always high
Which of the following is true of observations?
It takes less time than interviews
It is often not possible to determine exactly why people behave as they do
Covert observation raises fewer ethical concerns than overt
All of the above
A researcher secretly becomes an active member of a group in order to observe their behaviour. This researcher is acting as:
An overt participant observer
A covert non-participant observer
A covert participant observer
None of the above
When conducting an interview, asking questions such as: "What else? or ‘Could you expand on that?’ are all forms of:
Structured responses
Category questions
Protocols
Probes
The ‘reliability’of a measure refers to the researcher asking:
Does it give consistent results?
Does it measure what it is supposed to measure?
Can the results be generalized?
Does it have face reliability?
Validity in interviews is strengthened by the following EXCEPT:
Building rapport with interviewees
Multiple questions cover the same theme
Constructing interview schedules that contain themes drawn from the literature
Prompting respondents to expand on initial responses
