What kind of question should Qualitative Research start with?

What kind of research is used to quantify attitudes, opinions, behavior and other defined variables and generalize results from a larger population?

 What kind of Qualitative Research emphasize on this title “Understanding Addiction: A Study of Adolescent Drug-users”?

This kind of Qualitative Research refers to a particular group in which it reveals the nature or characteristics of their own culture through the world perceptions of the cultural group’s members.

This kind of Qualitative Research involves a long-time study of a particular person in psychology, medicine and education. It seeks to find answers to why such thing occurs to the subject.

Which of the following is most appropriate to a qualitative approach?

Confidentiality of a participant is best exemplified in which of the following actions?  

What is the scientific investigation of phenomena which Includes collection, presentation, analysis and interpretation of facts that lines an individual's speculation with reality?

 Identify patterns, features, themes

Answers question of “why” or “how”

Purpose is to test hypotheses, look at cause & effect, & make predictions

Purpose is to understand & interpret social interactions

Group studied is smaller & not randomly selected

Group studied is larger & randomly selected

 Narrative report with contextual description & direct quotations from research participants

 Statistical report with correlations, comparisons of means, & statistical significance of  findings

 Answers “how many”, “when” and “where”

Objectivity is critical

Ethics in research ensures that participants have informed consent. Which of the following actions best    example of informed consent?

focused on studying shared practices and belief systems

takes place when you discover a new theory to underlie your study at the time of data collection and analysis.

a systematic investigation of any social or natural phenomena

involves a long-time study of a person, group, organization, or situation. It seeks to find answers to why such thing occurs to the subject.

Research must be hurriedly conducted

 There should be enough data before conducting research

 Research must observe a step-by-step process

The researcher must have the final say in his or her findings

is the examination of primary documents to make you understand the connection of past events to the present time.

A person's opinion is acceptable and considered as an answer to the questions asked by the researcher