Question 1

Which of the following sets of stages was included in the model for data analysis introduced by Miles and Huberman?

Accepted Answer

A)   Data reduction, data display, conclusion drawing, and verification
B)   Writing memos, keeping reflective journals, creating analytical files, quoting participants
C)   Skimming data, analyzing themes, creating demographic charts
D)   Coding data by marking, sorting, and redefining

Question 2

Which of the following computer programs can be used to help researchers in qualitative data management?

Accepted Answer

A)   SPSS
B)   QSR NVivo
C)   Minitab
D)   EPI DATA

Question 3

Which of the following is an important feature of most qualitative analysis methods?

Accepted Answer

A)   Primary and secondary documents serving as main data sources
B)   Data collection and analysis occurring in a cyclic, interrelated manner
C)   Observation being the key method of data collection
D)   The researcher's avoidance of personal beliefs and feelings about the topic of focus

Question 4

The most common source of data collected in qualitative research studies is

Accepted Answer

A)   interviews.
B)   narrative.
C)   focus groups.
D)   observations. A

Question 5

What processes do researchers use to study their own personal beliefs and knowledge in their attempt to ensure that their analysis reflects the participants' beliefs,not their own?

Accepted Answer

A)   Clustering and making metaphors
B)   Auditability and fittingness
C)   Constant comparison analysis and matrices
D)   Reflexivity and bracketing

Question 6

Why do qualitative researchers include "member checking" in data analysis?

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A)   To ensure that all participants intend to remain in the study over time
B)   To ensure that all participants have experience with the topic of focus
C)   To have the participants validate interpretations of the data
D)   To ensure that all participants feel comfortable about their participation in the study

Question 7

Which of the following is a common feature of different approaches to qualitative data analysis?

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A)   Researchers sort through the data to identify similar phrases, patterns, themes, sequences.
B)   Researchers avoid making generalizations from the data.
C)   Researchers apply constant comparison analysis to develop concepts and theories.
D)   Researchers analyze field note data to describe the phenomenon of focus.

Question 8

A student is critiquing a research report of a phenomenological research study that examines the lived experience of domestic violence.Which of the following answers is consistent with elements of a qualitative research report for a phenomenological research study?

Accepted Answer

A)   Data from participants are presented in the form of narrative text.
B)   The researcher details the natural setting in which field work was conducted.
C)   The data analysis section discusses use of a statistical software package.
D)   The sampling section indicates that all participants must currently be in an unstable domestic relationship.

Question 9

What is the term used to describe the central meaning of the thematic conclusions drawn in phenomenological analysis?

Accepted Answer

A)   Vignettes
B)   Narrative
C)   Essence
D)   Phenomenon C

Question 10

What is the contribution of qualitative computer software to the research process?

Accepted Answer

A)   Interpretation of data
B)   Management of data
C)   Credibility of data
D)   Analysis of data

Question 11

What is the main purpose of using vignettes in qualitative data analysis?

Accepted Answer

A)   Vignettes are pertinent quotes from the literature that researchers add to data analysis.
B)   Vignettes are narratives that help researchers present textual data as a story.
C)   Vignettes are video clips that illustrate the context and themes of qualitative data.
D)   Vignettes are anecdotal and reflective notes written by researchers during data collection.

Question 12

When does abstraction occur in ethnography?

Accepted Answer

A)   During data collection
B)   During member checking
C)   Prior knowledge of site and situation, during the field research
D)   When codes are assigned

Question 13

Which of the following criteria of scientific rigour for qualitative research is met when the research report leads the reader from the research question and raw data through the steps of analysis and interpretation of the data?

Accepted Answer

A)   Trustworthiness
B)   Auditability
C)   Fittingness
D)   Credibility

Question 14

Which of the following is the kind of data analysis that leads to the development of a cultural inventory?

Accepted Answer

A)   Phenomenological
B)   Grounded theory
C)   Ethnographic
D)   Historical

Question 15

What is the purpose of data display in qualitative analysis?

Accepted Answer

A)   To describe relationships among emerging themes in qualitative data
B)   To organize qualitative data into meaningful clusters
C)   To record observational data for analysis
D)   To organize data to facilitate conclusion drawing

Question 16

Why do all qualitative researchers "immerse" themselves in the data?

Accepted Answer

A)   To fully understand the meaning of the data
B)   To discover the essence of the data
C)   To gain a statistical sense of the data
D)   To substantiate existing knowledge about the topic of focus A

Question 17

Which of the following is a possible ethical issue that must be considered when evaluating qualitative research?

Accepted Answer

A)   Researchers focus on the emic view of participant experiences.
B)   Researchers may want to speak to participants on more than one occasion.
C)   Researchers serve as instruments for data interpretation.
D)   Researchers may assign codes with personal meaning to sort data for interpretation.

Question 18

Which of the following is the term for the huge volume of data collected during qualitative research?

Accepted Answer

A)   Essential data
B)   Fat data
C)   Interview data
D)   Observational data

Question 19

When collecting data many researchers record the interview.This is a common practice because

Accepted Answer

A)   participants wish to ensure their stories are documented correctly.
B)   participants are made to feel that their story is important if it is recorded.
C)   the researcher wished to accurately summarize or paraphrase the interview.
D)   researchers prefer to have the interview transcribed verbatim into written text.

Question 20

When a reader critiques a phenomenological study for appropriateness,the reader will examine the study to see if the researcher

Accepted Answer

A)   questioned the participants of the study to confirm identified themes.
B)   documented the bracketing process used to maintain the proper perspective.
C)   presented the narrative in a way that captured the everyday reality of participants.
D)   discussed in detail the process by which identified themes emerged.

Exam 15: Qualitative Data Analysis

Which of the following sets of stages was included in the model for data analysis introduced by Miles and Huberman?

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Which of the following computer programs can be used to help researchers in qualitative data management?

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Which of the following is an important feature of most qualitative analysis methods?

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The most common source of data collected in qualitative research studies is

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What processes do researchers use to study their own personal beliefs and knowledge in their attempt to ensure that their analysis reflects the participants' beliefs,not their own?

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Why do qualitative researchers include "member checking" in data analysis?

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Which of the following is a common feature of different approaches to qualitative data analysis?

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A student is critiquing a research report of a phenomenological research study that examines the lived experience of domestic violence.Which of the following answers is consistent with elements of a qualitative research report for a phenomenological research study?

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What is the term used to describe the central meaning of the thematic conclusions drawn in phenomenological analysis?

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What is the contribution of qualitative computer software to the research process?

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What is the main purpose of using vignettes in qualitative data analysis?

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When does abstraction occur in ethnography?

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Which of the following criteria of scientific rigour for qualitative research is met when the research report leads the reader from the research question and raw data through the steps of analysis and interpretation of the data?

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Which of the following is the kind of data analysis that leads to the development of a cultural inventory?

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What is the purpose of data display in qualitative analysis?

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Why do all qualitative researchers "immerse" themselves in the data?

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Which of the following is a possible ethical issue that must be considered when evaluating qualitative research?

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Which of the following is the term for the huge volume of data collected during qualitative research?

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When collecting data many researchers record the interview.This is a common practice because

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