Question 1

In analyzing students' approaches to exams, Albas and Albas identified the concept of magic and then observed how magic fits into ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  dealing with feeling overwhelmed 
B)  stress management 
C)  the social process of dealing with uncertainty 
D)  the social process of dealing with lack of studying 
A)  dealing with feeling overwhelmed 
B)  stress management 
C)  the social process of dealing with uncertainty 
D)  the social process of dealing with lack of studying C

Question 2

Summarize Andrea Doucet's process of reading her transcriptions and summarize each stage in terms of its importance on her understanding of the research.

Accepted Answer

Doucet first reads each transcript with attention to the story that her participants are telling and tries to understand what is going on. She then "reads herself" into the story to think about her own reaction to what the participant said and did in the interview. This is followed by an "I reading," during which she focuses on how the person speaks about himself. This sheds light on how the participant sees and presents himself in the social world. In later readings, she looks at the location of the participant in his social network and wider social structures

Question 3

Karen March used Glaser and Strauss's work on dying patients' knowledge of their terminal status in her own research to understand ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the situation of adoptees who attempted to control stigma associated with being adopted 
B)  how youth engage in gendered behaviour 
C)  how tattoo artists legitimate their career choice 
D)  how race categories play a role in political advertisements 
A)  the situation of adoptees who attempted to control stigma associated with being adopted 
B)  how youth engage in gendered behaviour 
C)  how tattoo artists legitimate their career choice 
D)  how race categories play a role in political advertisements A

Question 4

Collect all paper issues of a daily newspaper during a period of one week, Monday through Sunday. If you do not know anyone who has a subscription, you can get them from a local public library or the university library. Your essay is essentially a shortened research report that answers the following question: "What were the most important events in the week of [month, day] to [month, day] as reported in [the newspaper]? You need to read the paper front to back. Focus on news stories only. Follow the coding procedures discussed in this chapter. Be sure to discuss how you proceeded and why and what conclusions you drew and why. For example, why do you believe event X was the most important of the week? Or, why did you find it difficult to come up with a particular list (of the top five important events)? Alternatively, students can be asked to focus on local advertisements, obituaries, classifieds, etc.

Accepted Answer

Students should start with open coding a

Question 5

The primary goal of qualitative research is to find the hidden meaning in everyday experiences.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Open coding involves a process whereby researchers ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  discard pieces of data that do not "fit" 
B)  label sub-categories of larger themes in their work 
C)  openly discuss the data with the respondents 
D)  label the themes they find in transcripts or field notes 
A)  discard pieces of data that do not "fit" 
B)  label sub-categories of larger themes in their work 
C)  openly discuss the data with the respondents 
D)  label the themes they find in transcripts or field notes

Question 7

The textbook author's examples regarding widows who are learning to drive alone, learning to live alone, and learning to do new things are examples of ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  focused coding 
B)  categorical coding 
C)  open coding 
D)  finding the question in the data 
A)  focused coding 
B)  categorical coding 
C)  open coding 
D)  finding the question in the data

Question 8

Civil inattention, as defined by Erving Goffman, is an excellent example of a generalizable sensitizing concept that may be used as a tool in the work of other researchers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

________ sees language as a social practice that constitutes social life.

Accepted Answer

A)  Frame analysis 
B)  Postmodernism 
C)  Discourse analysis 
D)  Network analysis 
A)  Frame analysis 
B)  Postmodernism 
C)  Discourse analysis 
D)  Network analysis

Question 10

Tales that people like to tell about themselves or situations that they like to narrate are referred to as "signature stories" and contribute to the process of "impression management."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Open coding is a process closely associated with ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  discourse analysis 
B)  grounded theory 
C)  sensitizing concepts 
D)  generic social processes 
A)  discourse analysis 
B)  grounded theory 
C)  sensitizing concepts 
D)  generic social processes

Question 12

The author of the textbook argues against using data software to "unpack" data. Briefly outline her main arguments.

Accepted Answer

While they have their own purpose, data

Question 13

According to the textbook, coding data ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  refers to separating relevant from irrelevant data and deleting the latter 
B)  is one of the "routine activities" that are part of the data analysis process 
C)  is best left to the very end of the research and ideally done by specialists 
D)  is done in very specific ways predetermined ways to predict results more easily 
A)  refers to separating relevant from irrelevant data and deleting the latter 
B)  is one of the "routine activities" that are part of the data analysis process 
C)  is best left to the very end of the research and ideally done by specialists 
D)  is done in very specific ways predetermined ways to predict results more easily

Question 14

The approaches taken to code interview transcripts, on the one hand, and to code field notes, on the other, could not be more different from each other.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

In the context of conducting research, "trust the process" is a reminder ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  that being a qualitative researcher means believing in causal linkages in data 
B)  that if qualitative research does not work, quantitative work can always be conducted to "save the project" 
C)  to keep observing and interviewing until the point of empirical saturation 
D)  to researchers to have faith that there are important themes in their data and that they will have the insight and skill to find these themes 
A)  that being a qualitative researcher means believing in causal linkages in data 
B)  that if qualitative research does not work, quantitative work can always be conducted to "save the project" 
C)  to keep observing and interviewing until the point of empirical saturation 
D)  to researchers to have faith that there are important themes in their data and that they will have the insight and skill to find these themes

Question 16

There is research showing that they produce incorrect results in qualitative analysis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Howard Becker suggests an approach to understanding data, which is summarized as ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  finding a question in the data 
B)  categorical coding 
C)  "reading yourself" into the interview 
D)  qualitative discovery 
A)  finding a question in the data 
B)  categorical coding 
C)  "reading yourself" into the interview 
D)  qualitative discovery

Question 18

Grounded theory is an approach where the researcher bases his or her data collection on a clear theoretical framework, which then allows for theory testing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Ellie is a novice researcher conducting research as part of a qualitative class project. Her chosen research objective is to understand why university students join social clubs on campus. Throughout the process Ellie has often stopped to examine how her own experiences as a university student who belongs to social clubs may have influenced the research design and findings. Ellie is engaging in ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  active analysis 
B)  knowing your role 
C)  reflexivity 
D)  introspection 
A)  active analysis 
B)  knowing your role 
C)  reflexivity 
D)  introspection

Question 20

Tales that people like to tell about themselves or situations that they like to narrate are known as ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  "I" stories 
B)  signature stories 
C)  parables of the self 
D)  stories of "best impression" 
A)  "I" stories 
B)  signature stories 
C)  parables of the self 
D)  stories of "best impression"

In analyzing students' approaches to exams, Albas and Albas identified the concept of magic and then observed how magic fits into ________.

Summarize Andrea Doucet's process of reading her transcriptions and summarize each stage in terms of its importance on her understanding of the research.

Karen March used Glaser and Strauss's work on dying patients' knowledge of their terminal status in her own research to understand ________.

The primary goal of qualitative research is to find the hidden meaning in everyday experiences.

Open coding involves a process whereby researchers ________.

The textbook author's examples regarding widows who are learning to drive alone, learning to live alone, and learning to do new things are examples of ________.

Civil inattention, as defined by Erving Goffman, is an excellent example of a generalizable sensitizing concept that may be used as a tool in the work of other researchers.

________ sees language as a social practice that constitutes social life.

Tales that people like to tell about themselves or situations that they like to narrate are referred to as "signature stories" and contribute to the process of "impression management."

Open coding is a process closely associated with ________.

The author of the textbook argues against using data software to "unpack" data. Briefly outline her main arguments.

According to the textbook, coding data ________.

The approaches taken to code interview transcripts, on the one hand, and to code field notes, on the other, could not be more different from each other.

In the context of conducting research, "trust the process" is a reminder ________.

There is research showing that they produce incorrect results in qualitative analysis.

Howard Becker suggests an approach to understanding data, which is summarized as ________.

Grounded theory is an approach where the researcher bases his or her data collection on a clear theoretical framework, which then allows for theory testing.

Tales that people like to tell about themselves or situations that they like to narrate are known as ________.

Introduction

Asking Questions and Identifying Goals

Strategies for Designing Research

Ethics on the Ground: A Moral Compass

Observing Social Life Through Field Research

In-Depth Interviewing

Focus Groups

Unobtrusive Research

Writing up Qualitative Research

Filters

Exam 9: Trust the Process: Analyzing Qualitative Data

In analyzing students' approaches to exams, Albas and Albas identified the concept of magic and then observed how magic fits into ________.

Summarize Andrea Doucet's process of reading her transcriptions and summarize each stage in terms of its importance on her understanding of the research.

Karen March used Glaser and Strauss's work on dying patients' knowledge of their terminal status in her own research to understand ________.

The primary goal of qualitative research is to find the hidden meaning in everyday experiences.

Open coding involves a process whereby researchers ________.

The textbook author's examples regarding widows who are learning to drive alone, learning to live alone, and learning to do new things are examples of ________.

Civil inattention, as defined by Erving Goffman, is an excellent example of a generalizable sensitizing concept that may be used as a tool in the work of other researchers.

________ sees language as a social practice that constitutes social life.

Tales that people like to tell about themselves or situations that they like to narrate are referred to as "signature stories" and contribute to the process of "impression management."

Open coding is a process closely associated with ________.

The author of the textbook argues against using data software to "unpack" data. Briefly outline her main arguments.

According to the textbook, coding data ________.

The approaches taken to code interview transcripts, on the one hand, and to code field notes, on the other, could not be more different from each other.

In the context of conducting research, "trust the process" is a reminder ________.

There is research showing that they produce incorrect results in qualitative analysis.

Howard Becker suggests an approach to understanding data, which is summarized as ________.

Grounded theory is an approach where the researcher bases his or her data collection on a clear theoretical framework, which then allows for theory testing.

Tales that people like to tell about themselves or situations that they like to narrate are known as ________.

Introduction

Asking Questions and Identifying Goals

Strategies for Designing Research

Ethics on the Ground: A Moral Compass

Observing Social Life Through Field Research

In-Depth Interviewing

Focus Groups

Unobtrusive Research

Writing up Qualitative Research

Filters