Exam 15: Analyzing Qualitative Data

Reflexivity is especially important when analyzing which type of data?

Describe how computer-assisted qualitative data analysis can be an essential tool when conducting a grounded theory research project.

What is the term for research material that is imported directly into NVivo?

When using computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software, you can code data at various categorical and subcategorical levels.

What function in NVivo would you perform if you wanted to know how a specific code was dispersed among males and females?

Ethnomethodologists seek to objectively describe the social world that they are studying as the participants see it.

According to your textbook, when considering what to do when you see harmful or illegal behavior being conducted by research participants, what are some considerations when deciding whether to report such behavior in the final paper.

What kind of analysis focuses on the squence and detail of a spoken exchange and how that exchange constructs reality?

Narrative analysis focuses on the "story itself" while a conversation analysis focuses on moment by moment exchanges.

Which is NOT a qualitative data analysis software?

What are the benefits of using a qualitative data analysis computer software? How can this enhance your analysis?

What are 2 reasons it is important to engage in reflexivity during qualitative data analysis? Why are these reasons important?

To add validity to grounded theory, researchers should do which of the following?

Which type of analysis was developed from ethnomethodology and focuses on how the sequence and details of spoken interaction form the construction of reality?

If you are conducting a study that aims to answer the question, "How does this group of people construct the social world in which they live?" you would use which qualitative analysis?

In the case of studying indigenous groups and cultures, the primary ethical commitment is to ______.

What is the process by which a qualitative analyst interacts with the data and gradually refines his or her focus?

Most of the "meaning making" that occurs during grounded theory data analysis comes from ______.

When considering the integrity and quality of the research, visual images that demean individuals or groups should not be included in publications.

You are conducting a research project that calls for both a narrative analysis and a conversation analysis. Name one research question that could be answered by each of these analyses.