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WorksheetsQualitative Methodology
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 15mins
Qualitative Research.....
involves numerical data
explores a specific hypothesis
uses a variety of methods to explore peoples experiences.
is used to test a theory
How you, the researcher, view the world and the assumptions that you make about the nature of the world is .....
Ontology
Epistemology
Interpretivism
Qualitative studies are deductive
TRUE
FALSE
Phenomenology
explores meaning of individual lived experiences.
can be descriptive or interpretive
requires short interviews
all of the above
....... explores collective assumptions/ beliefs that influence the practices of a particular group of people sharing a social space.
Ethnography
Phenomenology
Case Studies
all of the above
Grounded Theory
s a strategy of inquiry in which the researcher derives a general, abstract theory of a process, action, or interaction grounded in the views of participants.
is required when little is known about a topic or a new perspective is needed
involves using multiple stages of data collection and the refinement and interrelationship of categories of information
involves constant comparison of data with emerging categories and theoretical sampling of different groups to maximize the similarities and the differences of information
all of the above
What uses a cyclical approach, whereby findings are fed back to practitioners as they are generated, and are then used to inform further action and data collection
(a)
people from a pre-specified group are purposely found and sampled
Purposive sampling
Theoretical sampling
Snowball sampling
in response to the data analysis
Purposive sampling
Theoretical sampling
Snowball sampling
uses networking to find participants and social situations
Purposive sampling
Theoretical sampling
Snowball sampling
Believability of the data and the confidence you have in the ‘truth’ of the findings is (a)
Could the findings to be usefully transferred/ applied to other groups?
(a)
Focus on the strength of the data over time and in different contexts/conditions.
(a)
Do the findings emerge from the data and not from the researchers’ pre-dispositions?
(a)
What is triangulation
(a)
Critical self-reflection on the research process and data interpretation is
Reflexivity
Dependability
Validity
Confirmability
Which is NOT a qualitative design?
Action Research
Cross sectional study
Phenomenology
Ethnography
Stepwise replication is a strategy used in qualitative research to increase the
Credibility of the results
Generalisability of the results
Conformability of the results
Dependability of the results
Qualitative design is NOT the most appropriate design for:
Understanding the lived experience
Understanding the beliefs and behaviours specific to a group that are learnt and passed on to other members
Developing a theory grounded in data from the field
Exploring cause and effect relationships
Which of the following sets of qualities best describes qualitative research?
Use of interview, small number of subjects, randomisation
Empirically testable, deductive reasoning, use of a control group
Use of interview, hypothesis testing, subjective
Hypothesis generating, naturalistic, inductive reasoning
Member checking is the process by which:
The members taking part in an interview are checked for their credibility.
Researchers ask their participants to comment on an account of the initial coding of their own interview or comment on the exact transcript of their interview)
The problem of a low response rate to a survey can be overcome.
Participants collaborate with the researcher to design the research.
Which of the following is true of qualitative research:
It uses a deductive approach to analysis
It is based on a positivist paradigm
It is underpinned by interpretivism and constructivism
It aims to be objective
In qualitative bracketing is:
a technique for increasing the transferability of the data
a technique the researcher uses to put aside preconceptions and explore the essence of the phenomena, thus increasing the trustworthiness of the study
a technique the researcher uses to remain objective and reduce bias
a technique for reducing selection bias
