Question 1

Which of the following is FALSE regarding qualitative field research?

Accepted Answer

A) Field research is well suited to studying social processes over time. 
B) Field research is well suited to studying behaviors within their natural setting. 
C) Field research is well suited to studying attitudes within their natural setting. 
D) Field research is well suited for quantitative analysis. 
E) All of these choices are TRUE. 
A) Field research is well suited to studying social processes over time. 
B) Field research is well suited to studying behaviors within their natural setting. 
C) Field research is well suited to studying attitudes within their natural setting. 
D) Field research is well suited for quantitative analysis. 
E) All of these choices are TRUE.

Question 2

Qualitative researchers should take notes and record events as soon as possible to ensure the greatest accuracy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

List and describe the stages researchers must go through in order to conduct a truly qualitative field interview.

Accepted Answer

Answers should include mention of Kvale'

Question 4

combines a naturalist approach with a positivist concern for a "systematic set of procedures" in doing qualitative research.

Accepted Answer

A) The extended case method 
B) Ethnomethodology 
C) Grounded theory 
D) Ethnographies 
E) All of these choices 
A) The extended case method 
B) Ethnomethodology 
C) Grounded theory 
D) Ethnographies 
E) All of these choices

Question 5

Which of the following is POOR advice for a qualitative field interviewer?

Accepted Answer

A) Learn to listen,think,and talk almost at the same time. 
B) Be more interested than interesting. 
C) Do not deviate from the schedule of preestablished questions. 
D) Don't try to halt your respondent's line of discussion even if it's not on topic. 
E) All of these choices provide GOOD advice. 
A) Learn to listen,think,and talk almost at the same time. 
B) Be more interested than interesting. 
C) Do not deviate from the schedule of preestablished questions. 
D) Don't try to halt your respondent's line of discussion even if it's not on topic. 
E) All of these choices provide GOOD advice.

Question 6

Case studies may be descriptive or explanatory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Grounded theory begins with .

Accepted Answer

A) patterns 
B) hypotheses 
C) key variables 
D) data collection 
E) either patterns,hypothesis,key variables,or data collection 
A) patterns 
B) hypotheses 
C) key variables 
D) data collection 
E) either patterns,hypothesis,key variables,or data collection

Question 8

In comparison to other types of research,what are the major strengths and weaknesses of qualitative field research?

Accepted Answer

Answers should include the following ide

Question 9

In qualitative interviewing,interactions can only be done in a face-to-face or telephone interview context.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Sara wanted to learn about battered women.She entered the world of a battered women's shelter and lived with the women in order to fully learn about the views of these women.She wanted to write a detailed and accurate description about the lives that the women reported.Which of the following approaches best describes Sara's research paradigm?

Accepted Answer

A) Naturalist 
B) Ethnomethodology 
C) Grounded theory 
D) Institutional ethnography 
E) Participatory action research 
A) Naturalist 
B) Ethnomethodology 
C) Grounded theory 
D) Institutional ethnography 
E) Participatory action research

Question 11

Qualitative field researchers must always participate in what they are studying.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

In comparison to experiments and surveys,field research has:

Accepted Answer

A) greater reliability and greater validity. 
B) greater reliability and less validity. 
C) less reliability and greater validity. 
D) less reliability and less validity. 
E) the same reliability and validity. 
A) greater reliability and greater validity. 
B) greater reliability and less validity. 
C) less reliability and greater validity. 
D) less reliability and less validity. 
E) the same reliability and validity.

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of focus groups?

Accepted Answer

A) Focus group moderators require special skills. 
B) Focus group data is difficult to analyze. 
C) Focus groups are often difficult to assemble. 
D) Focus groups allow for multiple viewpoints to be heard. 
E) Focus groups afford the researcher less control than individual interviews. 
A) Focus group moderators require special skills. 
B) Focus group data is difficult to analyze. 
C) Focus groups are often difficult to assemble. 
D) Focus groups allow for multiple viewpoints to be heard. 
E) Focus groups afford the researcher less control than individual interviews.

Question 14

The paradigms associated with field research differ on:

Accepted Answer

A) What is data? 
B) How should we collect data? 
C) How should we analyze data? 
D) all of these choices. 
E) Nothing,they answer questions similarly 
A) What is data? 
B) How should we collect data? 
C) How should we analyze data? 
D) all of these choices. 
E) Nothing,they answer questions similarly

Question 15

Focus group participants are typically selected via probability samples.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Researchers Glaser and Strauss have advocated that which part of a research study should be eliminated when following the tenets of grounded theory?

Accepted Answer

A) Methodology 
B) Conclusion 
C) Literature Review 
D) Analysis/discussion 
E) Conclusion. 
A) Methodology 
B) Conclusion 
C) Literature Review 
D) Analysis/discussion 
E) Conclusion.

Question 17

Qualitative field research differs from other forms of observation in that it is both a data-collecting and a theory- generating activity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The difference between just a case study and the extended case method involves:

Accepted Answer

A) units of analysis. 
B) testing social theory. 
C) difference in research paradigms. 
D) data analysis. 
E) interpretation of results. 
A) units of analysis. 
B) testing social theory. 
C) difference in research paradigms. 
D) data analysis. 
E) interpretation of results.

Question 19

Michael is spending three months living in a commune doing participant observation in order to fully understand and document the lives of the people who reside there.What is the likely result of Michael's research?

Accepted Answer

A) Structured interview 
B) Unstructured interview 
C) Ethnography 
D) Case study 
E) Extended case study 
A) Structured interview 
B) Unstructured interview 
C) Ethnography 
D) Case study 
E) Extended case study

Question 20

Because the work of sociologists and journalists are different,they should not use the same interviewing techniques.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Which of the following is FALSE regarding qualitative field research?

Qualitative researchers should take notes and record events as soon as possible to ensure the greatest accuracy.

List and describe the stages researchers must go through in order to conduct a truly qualitative field interview.

combines a naturalist approach with a positivist concern for a "systematic set of procedures" in doing qualitative research.

Which of the following is POOR advice for a qualitative field interviewer?

Case studies may be descriptive or explanatory.

Grounded theory begins with .

In comparison to other types of research,what are the major strengths and weaknesses of qualitative field research?

In qualitative interviewing,interactions can only be done in a face-to-face or telephone interview context.

Qualitative field researchers must always participate in what they are studying.

In comparison to experiments and surveys,field research has:

Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of focus groups?

The paradigms associated with field research differ on:

Focus group participants are typically selected via probability samples.

Researchers Glaser and Strauss have advocated that which part of a research study should be eliminated when following the tenets of grounded theory?

Qualitative field research differs from other forms of observation in that it is both a data-collecting and a theory- generating activity.

The difference between just a case study and the extended case method involves:

Michael is spending three months living in a commune doing participant observation in order to fully understand and document the lives of the people who reside there.What is the likely result of Michael's research?

Because the work of sociologists and journalists are different,they should not use the same interviewing techniques.

Human Inquiry and Science

Paradigms Theory and Research

The Ethics and Politics of Social Research

Research Design

Conceptualization Operationalization and Measurement

Indexes Scales and Typologies

The Logic of Sampling

Experiments

Survey Research

Unobtrusive Research

Evaluation Research

Qualitative Data Analysis

Quantitative Data Analysis

Reading and Writing Social Research

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Exam 10: Qualitative Field Research

Which of the following is FALSE regarding qualitative field research?

Qualitative researchers should take notes and record events as soon as possible to ensure the greatest accuracy.

List and describe the stages researchers must go through in order to conduct a truly qualitative field interview.

combines a naturalist approach with a positivist concern for a "systematic set of procedures" in doing qualitative research.

Which of the following is POOR advice for a qualitative field interviewer?

Case studies may be descriptive or explanatory.

Grounded theory begins with .

In comparison to other types of research,what are the major strengths and weaknesses of qualitative field research?

In qualitative interviewing,interactions can only be done in a face-to-face or telephone interview context.

Qualitative field researchers must always participate in what they are studying.

In comparison to experiments and surveys,field research has:

Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of focus groups?

The paradigms associated with field research differ on:

Focus group participants are typically selected via probability samples.

Researchers Glaser and Strauss have advocated that which part of a research study should be eliminated when following the tenets of grounded theory?

Qualitative field research differs from other forms of observation in that it is both a data-collecting and a theory- generating activity.

The difference between just a case study and the extended case method involves:

Michael is spending three months living in a commune doing participant observation in order to fully understand and document the lives of the people who reside there.What is the likely result of Michael's research?

Because the work of sociologists and journalists are different,they should not use the same interviewing techniques.

Human Inquiry and Science

Paradigms Theory and Research

The Ethics and Politics of Social Research

Research Design

Conceptualization Operationalization and Measurement

Indexes Scales and Typologies

The Logic of Sampling

Experiments

Survey Research

Unobtrusive Research

Evaluation Research

Qualitative Data Analysis

Quantitative Data Analysis

Reading and Writing Social Research

Filters