Question 1

What is the role of location while conducting an interview?

Accepted Answer

Interviews can take place in any number

Question 2

Transcribing interviews is usually the first step toward analyzing quantitative interview data.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Open coding:

Accepted Answer

A) is used to analyze quantitative data. 
B) involves reading through each transcript and making a note of categories or themes. 
C) involves collapsing or narrowing themes and categories. 
D) is a later stage of developing codes in qualitative data. 
E) involves identifying themes and categories before classifying and condensing them. 
A) is used to analyze quantitative data. 
B) involves reading through each transcript and making a note of categories or themes. 
C) involves collapsing or narrowing themes and categories. 
D) is a later stage of developing codes in qualitative data. 
E) involves identifying themes and categories before classifying and condensing them.

Question 4

An interview based research is especially useful if:

Accepted Answer

A) you wish to gather information that just covers the surface of the topic. 
B) you seldom anticipate wanting to ask respondents for more information about their responses. 
C) you plan to ask questions that rarely require lengthy explanation. 
D) the topic you are studying is simple to understand. 
E) your topic involves studying processes. 
A) you wish to gather information that just covers the surface of the topic. 
B) you seldom anticipate wanting to ask respondents for more information about their responses. 
C) you plan to ask questions that rarely require lengthy explanation. 
D) the topic you are studying is simple to understand. 
E) your topic involves studying processes.

Question 5

_____ are questions that require respondents to answer in their own words.

Accepted Answer

Open-ended

Question 6

_____ occurs when an interviewer demonstrates that she or he understands what an interview participant has said.It usually requires probes and/or follow-up questions that indicate such understanding.

Accepted Answer

A) Discriminative listening 
B) Appreciative listening 
C) Active listening 
D) Empathetic listening 
E) Passive listening 
A) Discriminative listening 
B) Appreciative listening 
C) Active listening 
D) Empathetic listening 
E) Passive listening

Question 7

When multiple respondents participate in an interview at the same time,it is referred to as a(n):

Accepted Answer

A) filter question. 
B) matrix question. 
C) simple dichotomous question. 
D) nominal level of measure. 
E) focus group. 
A) filter question. 
B) matrix question. 
C) simple dichotomous question. 
D) nominal level of measure. 
E) focus group.

Question 8

Index is a shorthand representation of some more complex set of issues or ideas.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Describe how qualitative interviews are conducted.

Accepted Answer

Qualitative interviews might feel more l

Question 10

What are the strengths and weaknesses of qualitative interviews?

Accepted Answer

Qualitative interviews are an excellent

Question 11

_____ is a shorthand representation of some more complex set of issues or ideas.

Accepted Answer

The answer of _____ is a shorthand representation of some...

Question 12

_____ are a good method of data collection to know about what people actually do,rather than what they say they do.

Accepted Answer

A) Phone interviews 
B) Surveys 
C) Censuses 
D) Observations 
E) Archived records 
A) Phone interviews 
B) Surveys 
C) Censuses 
D) Observations 
E) Archived records

Question 13

_____ occurs when an interviewer demonstrates that s/he understands what an interview participant has said.It requires probes and/or follow-up questions that indicate such understanding.

Accepted Answer

The answer of _____ occurs when an interviewer demonstrates that...

Question 14

Analysis:

Accepted Answer

A) is the process of arriving at some inferences,lessons,or conclusions by condensing large amounts of data into relatively smaller bits of understandable information. 
B) is a list of topics or questions that an interviewer hopes to cover during the course of an interview. 
C) is the process for creating a contingency table 
D) is a measure of central tendency that identifies the average response to an interval- or ratio-level question; found by adding the value of all responses on a single variable and dividing by the total number of responses to that question. 
E) is a measure of central tendency that identifies the most common response given to a question. 
A) is the process of arriving at some inferences,lessons,or conclusions by condensing large amounts of data into relatively smaller bits of understandable information. 
B) is a list of topics or questions that an interviewer hopes to cover during the course of an interview. 
C) is the process for creating a contingency table 
D) is a measure of central tendency that identifies the average response to an interval- or ratio-level question; found by adding the value of all responses on a single variable and dividing by the total number of responses to that question. 
E) is a measure of central tendency that identifies the most common response given to a question.

Question 15

A question that require respondents to answer in their own words is called a(n)_____.

Accepted Answer

A) open-ended question 
B) matrix question 
C) closed-ended question 
D) simple dichotomy question 
E) fixed-alternative question 
A) open-ended question 
B) matrix question 
C) closed-ended question 
D) simple dichotomy question 
E) fixed-alternative question

Question 16

When beginning to construct an interview guide,brainstorming is usually the first step.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

_____ is the first stage of developing codes in qualitative data.It involves reading data with an open mind and jotting down themes or categories that various bits of data seem to suggest.

Accepted Answer

A) Analog coding 
B) Channel coding 
C) Focused coding 
D) Closed coding 
E) Open coding 
A) Analog coding 
B) Channel coding 
C) Focused coding 
D) Closed coding 
E) Open coding

Question 18

Open-ended questions are questions that require respondents to answer in their own words.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Phone interviews generate more _____ than in-person interviews.

Accepted Answer

A) floaters 
B) fence-sitters 
C) loyalists 
D) filters 
E) observers 
A) floaters 
B) fence-sitters 
C) loyalists 
D) filters 
E) observers

Question 20

Quantitative interviews usually contain closed-ended questions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

What is the role of location while conducting an interview?

Transcribing interviews is usually the first step toward analyzing quantitative interview data.

Open coding:

An interview based research is especially useful if:

_____ are questions that require respondents to answer in their own words.

_____ occurs when an interviewer demonstrates that she or he understands what an interview participant has said.It usually requires probes and/or follow-up questions that indicate such understanding.

When multiple respondents participate in an interview at the same time,it is referred to as a(n):

Index is a shorthand representation of some more complex set of issues or ideas.

Describe how qualitative interviews are conducted.

What are the strengths and weaknesses of qualitative interviews?

_____ is a shorthand representation of some more complex set of issues or ideas.

_____ are a good method of data collection to know about what people actually do,rather than what they say they do.

_____ occurs when an interviewer demonstrates that s/he understands what an interview participant has said.It requires probes and/or follow-up questions that indicate such understanding.

Analysis:

A question that require respondents to answer in their own words is called a(n)_____.

When beginning to construct an interview guide,brainstorming is usually the first step.

_____ is the first stage of developing codes in qualitative data.It involves reading data with an open mind and jotting down themes or categories that various bits of data seem to suggest.

Open-ended questions are questions that require respondents to answer in their own words.

Phone interviews generate more _____ than in-person interviews.

Quantitative interviews usually contain closed-ended questions.

Introduction

Linking Methods With Theory

Research Ethics

Beginning a Research Project

Research Design

Defining and Measuring Concepts

Sampling

Survey Research: a Quantitative Technique

Field Research: a Qualitative Technique

Unobtrusive Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches

Other Methods of Data Collection Analysis

Sharing Your Work

Reading and Understanding Social Research

Research Methods in the Real World

Filters

Exam 9: Interviews: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches

What is the role of location while conducting an interview?

Transcribing interviews is usually the first step toward analyzing quantitative interview data.

Open coding:

An interview based research is especially useful if:

_____ are questions that require respondents to answer in their own words.

_____ occurs when an interviewer demonstrates that she or he understands what an interview participant has said.It usually requires probes and/or follow-up questions that indicate such understanding.

When multiple respondents participate in an interview at the same time,it is referred to as a(n):

Index is a shorthand representation of some more complex set of issues or ideas.

Describe how qualitative interviews are conducted.

What are the strengths and weaknesses of qualitative interviews?

_____ is a shorthand representation of some more complex set of issues or ideas.

_____ are a good method of data collection to know about what people actually do,rather than what they say they do.

_____ occurs when an interviewer demonstrates that s/he understands what an interview participant has said.It requires probes and/or follow-up questions that indicate such understanding.

Analysis:

A question that require respondents to answer in their own words is called a(n)_____.

When beginning to construct an interview guide,brainstorming is usually the first step.

_____ is the first stage of developing codes in qualitative data.It involves reading data with an open mind and jotting down themes or categories that various bits of data seem to suggest.

Open-ended questions are questions that require respondents to answer in their own words.

Phone interviews generate more _____ than in-person interviews.

Quantitative interviews usually contain closed-ended questions.

Introduction

Linking Methods With Theory

Research Ethics

Beginning a Research Project

Research Design

Defining and Measuring Concepts

Sampling

Survey Research: a Quantitative Technique

Field Research: a Qualitative Technique

Unobtrusive Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches

Other Methods of Data Collection Analysis

Sharing Your Work

Reading and Understanding Social Research

Research Methods in the Real World

Filters