Question 1

Which of the following is not a method for interpreting documents qualitatively?

Accepted Answer

A)  Semiotics 
B)  Qualitative content analysis 
C)  Regression analysis 
D)  Historical analysis 
A)  Semiotics 
B)  Qualitative content analysis 
C)  Regression analysis 
D)  Historical analysis C

Question 2

A criticism levelled at business research is that it is overly realist, possibly empiricist, and suffers from myopic fact-collecting without an appropriate methodology

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

Treating documents as texts implies a more objectivist ontological approach.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

According to Atkinson and Coffey (2004), documents should be viewed as a distinct level of ___________ in their own right

Accepted Answer

A)  Reality 
B)  Discourse 
A)  Reality 
B)  Discourse

Question 5

Representativeness is generally not an additional concern for personal documents.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Personal documents such as diaries and letters can be used as data within a qualitative study.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which of the following is not a criteria for assessing the quality of documents?

Accepted Answer

A)  Authenticity 
B)  Replicability 
C)  Representativeness 
D)  Meaning 
A)  Authenticity 
B)  Replicability 
C)  Representativeness 
D)  Meaning

Question 8

What does the acronym "ECA" refer to?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ethnocentric cultural analysis 
B)  Ethnographic content analysis 
C)  Ethnomethodological covert analysis 
D)  Ecological cultural analysis 
A)  Ethnocentric cultural analysis 
B)  Ethnographic content analysis 
C)  Ethnomethodological covert analysis 
D)  Ecological cultural analysis

Question 9

There are some colonizing practices on which certain archives were founded that researchers need to be cognizant of.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

In case study and ethnographic research, documents can provide the researcher with valuable background information about the company and its history.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Newspapers and magazines are generally not used for business or management research as they are not considered specialist enough.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Authenticity issues are often easier to assess in the case of media outputs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In reading documents as texts, there is a clear reality waiting to be discovered.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Issues of authenticity and ______________ are particularly important when using documents accessed online

Accepted Answer

A)  Credibility 
B)  Representativeness 
A)  Credibility 
B)  Representativeness

Question 15

The interconnectedness of documents is referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A)  Interdiscursivity 
B)  Polyvalence 
C)  Intertextuality 
D)  Interdisciplinary 
A)  Interdiscursivity 
B)  Polyvalence 
C)  Intertextuality 
D)  Interdisciplinary

Exam 23: Documents As Sources of Data

Which of the following is not a method for interpreting documents qualitatively?

A criticism levelled at business research is that it is overly realist, possibly empiricist, and suffers from myopic fact-collecting without an appropriate methodology

Treating documents as texts implies a more objectivist ontological approach.

According to Atkinson and Coffey (2004), documents should be viewed as a distinct level of ___________ in their own right

Representativeness is generally not an additional concern for personal documents.

Personal documents such as diaries and letters can be used as data within a qualitative study.

Which of the following is not a criteria for assessing the quality of documents?

What does the acronym "ECA" refer to?

There are some colonizing practices on which certain archives were founded that researchers need to be cognizant of.

In case study and ethnographic research, documents can provide the researcher with valuable background information about the company and its history.

Newspapers and magazines are generally not used for business or management research as they are not considered specialist enough.

Authenticity issues are often easier to assess in the case of media outputs.

In reading documents as texts, there is a clear reality waiting to be discovered.

Issues of authenticity and ______________ are particularly important when using documents accessed online

The interconnectedness of documents is referred to as:

The Nature and Process of Business Research

Business Research Strategies

Research Designs

Planning a Research Project and Developing Research Questions

Ethics in Business Research

Writing up Business Research

The Nature of Quantitative Research

Sampling in Quantitative Research

Structured Interviewing

Self-Completion Questionnaires

Asking Questions

Quantitative Research Using Naturally Occurring Data

Secondary Analysis and Official Statistics

Quantitative Data Analysis: Descriptive Statistics

Quantitative Analysis: Inferential Statistics

The Nature of Qualitative Research

Sampling in Qualitative Research

Ethnography and Participant Observation

Interviewing in Qualitative Research

Focus Groups

Language in Qualitative Research

Visual Qualitative Research

Qualitative Data Analysis

Breaking Down the Quantitativequalitative Divide

Mixed Methods Research: Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Research

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