Exam 7: What Is Qualitative Research

When a research report reflects the lived experience of the research participants and others who identify with them, we say the research has achieved the criteria of truth for a qualitative study. This is called:

Which of the following is a criticism of positivist assumptions in research?

Which of the following is a characterization of a grand narrative?

The social construction of reality reflects the viewpoint that there is a physical knowable reality that can be observed, broken into parts and analyzed by a trained researcher.

Research that focuses on problem-solving for the betterment of the community is called:

The methods of qualitative research are often inductive. This means that:

Which of the following approaches to research is focused on giving voice to silenced people and groups?

What is it called when the act of observation itself causes a change in the variable being studied?

What is the criticism of research in which the research assumes a superior position to the persons or culture being studied?

Questions regarding whose experiences are being presented and whose interpretations (the participants' or the researchers') have authority in research reports, are associated with what Denzin and Lincoln call: