Exam 13: Qualitative Data Analysis

Professor Wang wonders whether all grandparents act alike or whether there are different roles associated with grandparenting. According to Lofland et al., Wang should focus on _________ of the research in order to determine whether there are different types of grandparenting roles.

When using qualitative data analysis software, the results are as inarguable as quantitative data analysis.

Professor Cay notes that respondent Mary Ginger is a 54-year-old grandmother who has two grandchildren living in her household. Neither of the grandchildren's parents live with them although Mary is the maternal grandmother. Cay also learns that Ginger had to quit her job in order to stay home with the young grandchildren because Ginger feared leaving the two youngsters with a babysitter or in child care. Two of Ginger's friends were dealing with similar situations and a third friend was considering whether to obtain custody of her grandchild. Thus, Cay learned that Ginger wasn't feeling "alone" in caring for her grandchildren. Using this information alone, it sounds like Professor Cay is doing:

Dr. Whitney has just finished a qualitative study of attitudes about race among college students. She is concerned that her analysis might be flawed. Which of the following would be BAD advice about how to ensure the quality of her research?

A node is an established code in terms of NVivo.

Qualitative research is undertaken for descriptive purposes and never for explanatory purposes.

Mikhael is examining the symbolic elements of a standard police encounter, such as the behaviors and clues an officer encounters that could signify danger. What sort of qualitative research is he performing?

Professor Dahl was using NVivo for an analysis of relationships. Dahl created a node called "friendship" and then created a node called "same-sex" and another node called opposite-sex" under "friendship." Dahl was creating:

In the process of studying teenagers who play online role-playing games, Professor Johnson began her analysis with an in-depth interview with one of her students. She then takes the information from this first interview and applies it to subsequent interviews. This would be an example of:

What are the two biggest ethical concerns in conducting qualitative data research? How can researchers best address each concern?

Axial coding is the most common and most frequently used form of qualitative data coding.

Computer software packages designed to analyze qualitative data include all but which of the following:

Which of the following is NOT one of the four stages of the constant comparative method?

Which of the following is NOT true for a qualitative researcher?

What is the purpose of conducting a qualitative analysis of quantitative data? Provide at least two examples of appropriate qualitative analyses of quantitative data.

Jeremy was born in 1948 and grew up during the 1960s. He was sent to Vietnam in 1967. In Vietnam he was horrified by what he saw, and when he returned home he suffered sleepless nights and nightmares. He began to work at a bank but often fell asleep during the day. He met Mary, another bank employee, in 1980 and they got married in 1981. They got divorced in 1983 as Mary could not keep up with Jeremy's nightmares, bouts of depression, and bouts with alcohol. After the divorce, Jeremy's depression increased, which led to the increase of his alcohol consumption. He was fired from his job later in 1983. An explanation for Jeremy's job loss could be termed as:

While computer software to analyze data qualitatively does exist, it is limited to only text data.

Writing memos is a linear process that begins with data collection and ends with data analysis.

The grounded theory method begins with:

Define what is meant by variable-oriented analysis and case-oriented analysis. Give an example of a research project in which you would use variable-oriented analysis and another one where you would use case-oriented analysis.