Mini Test 8

Question 1

NEVER an aim of qualitative data analysis:

Answer 1

to attribute cause

Question 2

In qualitative data analysis:

Answer 2

counting can be useful.

Question 3

Software packages in qualitative data analysis

Answer 3

help with organizing the data.

Question 4

Which of the following did Deborah Ward use to analyze her data?

Answer 4

framework analysis

Question 5

Qualitative data analysis has a number of aims. An overall aim of all data analysis, be it [a]or quantitative is data [b]. This makes reams of data more [c], and helps the researcher to see what is there. Another aim of qualitative data analysis can be to generate [d] or questions that can then be tested using [e] methods. This is not the case with all qualitative research, however, the findings of which can sometimes be an end in [f]. Ethnographers tend to simply [g] the data. They do this in great detail which is often referred to as [h] or ‘thick’ description. The aim of data analysis for grounded theorists is a step beyond this which is to develop [i]. If this is not in evidence in the paper or report from the study, it is not a [j] theory!

Choose from: grounded, quantitative, qualitative, rich, theory, manageable, reduction, themselves, describe, hypotheses.

Answer 5

Specified Answer for: a qualitative

Specified Answer for: b reduction

Specified Answer for: c manageable

Specified Answer for: d hypotheses

Specified Answer for: e quantitative

Specified Answer for: f themselves

Specified Answer for: g describe

Specified Answer for: h rich

Specified Answer for: i theory

Specified Answer for: j grounded