Quiz 4: Qualitative Research Flashcards

1
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Rather than the term ‘data collection’, which term is becoming more popular within qualitative research?

a) data acquisition
b) data gaining
c) data gathering
d) data generation

A

d) data generation

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Within qualitative research, data collection typically takes place in what type of setting?

a) controlled space
b) laboratory
c) natural setting
d) office setting

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c) natural setting

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3
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Understanding culture is foundational to which qualitative strategy of inquiry?

a) case study
b) ethnography
c) phenomenology
d) qualitative description

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b) ethnography

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4
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Which qualitative strategy of inquiry is focused on developing a comprehensive description and summary of a phenomenon or event?

a) case study
b) ethnography
c) narrative
d) qualitative description

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d) qualitative description

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5
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What is a typical size for a narrative study?

a) one of two participants
b) five to eight participants
c) 30 to 50 participants
d) 10 to 5 participants

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a) one to two participants

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What does the term data saturation mean within qualitative research?

a) little or no new information is being uncovered through data generation
b) a researcher sets aside his or her assumptions
c) a researcher acknowledges that data generation is time consuming
d) the need to interview as many participants as possible

A

a) little or no new information us being uncovered through data generation

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What method is most commonly used to generate data in qualitative research?

a) interviews
b) observation
c) personal diaries
d) visual data

A

a) interviews

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How many main phases comprise a typical qualitative interview?

a) one
b) two
c) three
d) four

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c) three

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An interview guide that includes a specific set of interview questions, with no room to ask additional questions, is referred to as what type of interview guide?

a) conversational
b) semi-structured
c) structured
d) unstructured

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c) structured

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What is typically used to record observations?

a) audio-recording
b) field notes
c) survey
d) video-recording

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b) field notes

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11
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What is coding?

a) A process that research ethics offices use to determine which research studies are not ethically sound.
b) A process in mixed methods research whereby researchers with different philosophical worldviews are brought together to combine their worldviews.
c) A process in qualitative data analysis whereby data is organized into meaningful chunks.
d) A process in quantitative research to facilitate the identification of valid and reliable measures.

A

d) A process in quantitative research to facilitate the identification of valid and reliable measures.

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Which of the following is not a result researchers should be trying to achieve from a qualitative data analysis?

a) statistical significance
b) a taxonomy
c) a theory
d) themes

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a) statistical significance

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13
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Within a qualitative study, which of the following is the primary data collection instrument ?

a) observation
b) the investigator
c) questionares
d) interviews

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b) the investigator

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Which of the following steps in qualitative data analysis is most likely to be impacted by a researcher’s philosophical worldview?

a) when they are organizing and preparing the data
b) when they are reading or looking at all the data
c) when they are starting to code all the data
d) when they are generating descriptions or themes

A

d) when they are generating descriptions or themes

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Which of the following is not listed as a step among Creswell’s (2014) recommended steps in the qualitative data analysis process?

a) meta-analysis
b) generate descriptions or themes
c) read or look at all the data
d) interpret the findings

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a) meta-analysis

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16
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An aspect of trustworthiness that refers to the dependability of a qualitative study is known as what?

a) applicability
b) consistency
c) neutrality
d) truth value

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b) consistency

17
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Which strategy to enhance trustworthiness, rigour, and validation is used in the following scenario?

“A colleague engages with a researcher and essentially pushes the researcher to critically reflect on study findings in a way that perhaps the researchers have not yet considered.”

a) researcher reflexivity
b) methodological coherence
c) rich, thick descriptions
d) peer debriefing

A

d) peer debriefing

18
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What does purposeful sampling research studies include?

a) Intentionally recruiting individuals that are information-rich.
b) Assuring that the different units in the population have equal probabilities of being chosen.
c) Drawing a sample from groups of people that are convenient.
d) Dividing groups on a characteristic before random selection takes place.

A

a) intentionally recruiting individuals that are information rich

19
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Which strategy to enhance trustworthiness, rigour, and validation in qualitative studies can serve multiple purposes including helping participants feel more natural in the presence of a researcher?

a) peer debriefing
b) prolonged engagement
c) audit trail
d) presenting negative or discrepant information

A

b) prolonged engagement

20
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When evaluating research studies, what is the base or foundation from which all evaluation should stem?

a) validity
b) ethics
c) philosophical worldview
d) research designs

A

b) ethics