Exam 2: Asking Questions and Identifying Goals

The self we define through seeing ourselves as "things" and defining ourselves through our interactions with others is associated with the sociological concept of ________.

Genevieve's qualitative methods instructor asked the class to perform a ________. The next day, whenever someone asked "how you are?" instead of responding with a simple "good, and you?" she responded with a further question such as "in regard to what-Life? School? Work?"

Qualitative research began to re-emerge as a popular and mainstream method in ________.

Qualitative researchers most often follow an inductive approach. This means that ________.

According to the textbook, a "mixed-methods" research entails ________.

According to the symbolic interactionist approach, nothing has intrinsic meaning. The meaning of something is the result of the meaning we give to it in a particular situation.

What evidence does the author offer to support her claim that "in adopting a research perspective, a researcher will necessarily be influenced by the assumptions associated with that perspective"?

Howard Becker told a story about a student who wanted to learn why mail carriers chose specific routes. His student thought mail carriers would choose their preferred routes based on safety concerns, but instead learned that mail carriers chose routes according to the how much uphill or downhill walking was required. This anecdote is a useful example of ________.

Through the disassociation of theoretical preferences, most qualitative researchers agree that the error of bias affecting the research can be avoided.

The author outlined a study conducted by her university where students were asked whether they preferred short (50 minutes) or long (80 minutes) classes. Through the use of supplemental qualitative interviews, she discovered that students disliked longer classes because they were harder to fit into their schedules.

Summarize the difference in asking a why versus a how question in qualitative research.

Social researchers were encouraged to mix and interact with the people they were studying in ________.

Briefly define the three main components of positivism.

Qualitative researchers are least likely to use ________ to collect and analyze data.

Briefly outline the study completed by Jack Haas and William Shaffir as it relates to examining a generic social process.

Surveys, experiments, and the perspectives of researchers have become an integral part of indigenous research.

According to the textbook, research participants ________.

Ashley Austin's 2016 research on young people negotiating a transgender or gender nonconforming (TGNC) identity identified the process of "navigating a TGNC identity in the dark." What does Austin mean by this and what does this process of identity negotiation involve?

One of the foundations of qualitative research is to question the notion of truth as an objective reality.

The inductive approach is central to qualitative research.