Question 1

Below you will find four purpose statements.Which one would likely be used in a narrative research study?

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A)  The purpose of this study is to explore the concept of "sacred place" as high school counselors reflect on the meaning of their school.
B)  The purpose of this study is to explore the meaning of counselors' stories as they describe "sacred places" in their high school.
C)  The purpose of this study is to generate a theory about the process used by school counselors as they make their high school a "sacred place" in which to work.
D)  The purpose of this study is to explore the problems that high school counselors encounter as they make their high school into a "sacred place" for students.

Question 2

A narrative researcher has collected stories from a research participant through five hours of conversations.These conversations are transcribed.In order to tell the story of this individual,the researcher now needs to analyze the transcriptions.From the options listed below,what is the researcher primarily looking for as she analyzes the text?

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A)  A theory of the individual's life experiences
B)  The stories about how the culture of the individual works
C)  The themes that emerge from the conversations
D)  The key elements of the individual's story

Question 3

List three of the criteria for evaluating a narrative research

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Question 4

The characteristic that best distinguishes narrative research from other types of qualitative research designs is

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A)  the study of single individuals.
B)  the restorying of an individual's story.
C)  the collection of text data.
D)  the collection of stories from individuals.

Question 5

Which of the following is the best strategy for collaborating with participants in a narrative research study?

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A)  Focus the restorying on times the participant collaborated
B)  Negotiate relationships between the researcher and participant
C)  Code the data into themes or categories
D)  Organize the data into a chronology of events.

Question 6

What are the steps,in order,of the process of restorying?

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A)  Transcription,retranscription,restorying
B)  Retranscription,restorying,reporting
C)  Transcription,restorying,validation
D)  Interviewing,transcription,restorying

Question 7

As you read a qualitative narrative research study,you are trying to decide what type of narrative study it might be.Below are listed examples of narrative studies.All of the following may be considered a type of narrative research EXCEPT?

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A)  This study addresses the personal life experiences of a new teacher as she starts her first year of college teaching.
B)  This study collects the stories of Native American children as they participate in extracurricular activities of the school on the reservation.
C)  This study describes the population of at-risk students who attend a large urban elementary school.
D)  This study is a history of the researcher's life written by the researcher as he describes becoming a new principal.

Question 8

In narrative research the story reaches a climax and then subsides.Answers emerge to questions and explanations exist for why the characters changed.What is this narrative element?

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A)  Characters
B)  Actions
C)  Problem
D)  Resolution

Question 9

Which of the following is the best strategy for validating the accuracy of the report?

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A)  Send the report to an expert to review for accuracy.
B)  Write the narrative in the same order as the audio transcription.
C)  Seek approval from an institutional review board.
D)  Collect journals and photographs in addition to interviews.

Question 10

In a narrative study,the researcher collects information by interviewing a teacher,collecting her teaching journal,and observing her classroom.This information is known as

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A)  triangulation texts.
B)  field texts.
C)  transcription texts.
D)  qualitative texts.

Question 11

Of the following,select the best reason to use narrative research

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A)  when you need to understand the shared beliefs of a group.
B)  when you need a theory or to explain a particular process.
C)  when you need to report personal experiences in an actual setting
D)  when you need to understand a broad picture of cultural norms.

Question 12

Why is it important for a narrative researcher to "restory" the stories of the research participant?

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A)  The stories of the participant may not be told in a logical sequence.
B)  The participant may not know the actual story that needs to be told.
C)  The researcher can better explain the meaning of the stories.
D)  The participant generally does not tell about past,present,and future. A

Question 13

A researcher wishes to study Hispanic adolescents who are recent immigrants to an urban high school.The inquirer wishes to advocate for these adolescents and identify the types of issues that may hinder their assimilation into the high school.In a narrative research study,this inquirer is using

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A)  high school student stories.
B)  a theoretical lens.
C)  a lens of oppression.
D)  an assimilation perspective.

Question 14

Narrative research has strong roots in what discipline tradition?

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A)  Narratology
B)  The social sciences
C)  Storytelling
D)  English D

Question 15

Why would Chan study the experiences of one Chinese immigrant student in this narrative study?

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Question 16

In narrative research,these are the movements of individuals through the story illustrating the character's thinking or behaviors.What is this narrative element?

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A)  Characters
B)  Actions
C)  Problem
D)  Resolution

Question 17

When narrative researchers describe focusing in on individual experiences,they are referring to

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A)  learning how individuals experience personal situations.
B)  learning how individuals experience their families.
C)  learning how individuals experience their lives through storytelling.
D)  learning how individuals experience life through the process of focusing.

Question 18

Reflexivity or self-disclosure by the researcher is part of all good qualitative research,including narrative studies.How did Chan disclose her position and experiences in this study?

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A)  The author discussed her background as a Chinese-American.
B)  The author briefly mentions her participation in the Canadian school.
C)  The author intentionally distanced herself from the participant in the study.
D)  The author discussed her role in making an interpretation of events.

Question 19

You are conducting a narrative research study about adolescent tobacco use in high schools.You sense that the person whose life experiences you are studying is "faking" the information by telling you that he can go "cold turkey" and quit smoking whenever he wants.To counter the potential ethical distortion of data,you might use the procedure of

Accepted Answer

A)  repeating the interview question in different ways.
B)  asking the individual's friends about his smoking behavior.
C)  asking the participant whether he is telling false stories.
D)  asking the participant whether he can remember events accurately. B

Question 20

In narrative researches,the term chronology means

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A)  developing a narrative using a time sequence of events.
B)  developing a narrative into a series of specific steps.
C)  developing a narrative that takes history into account.
D)  developing a narrative that chronicles an individual's life.

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