Exam 11: Qualitative Data Analysis
What ethical considerations from a social work perspective should be taken into account when analyzing qualitative data?
Give an example of each.
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Privacy, confidentiality, and anonymity-it can be difficult to present a rich description in a case study while at the same time not identifying the setting. It can be easy for participants in the study to identify each other in a qualitative description, even if outsiders cannot. Qualitative researchers should negotiate with participants early in the study the approach that will be taken to protect privacy and maintain confidentiality. Intervention and advocacy-maintaining what is called "guilty knowledge" may force the researcher to suppress some parts of the analysis so as not to disclose the wrongful behavior, but presenting "what really happened" in a report may prevent ongoing access and violate understandings with participant. Research integrity and quality-real analyses have real consequences, so you owe it to yourself and those you study to adhere strictly to the analysis methods that you believe will produce authentic, valid conclusions. Ownership of data and conclusions-these concerns arise in any social research with participants in the setting studied make conflicts of interest between different stakeholders that are much more difficult to resolve. Use and misuse of results-it is prudent to develop understandings early in the project with all major stakeholders that specify what actions will be taken to encourage appropriate use of project results and to respond to what is considered misuse of these results
Tacit knowledge is verbal explanations made by subjects in a qualitative study.
False
Although there are no standards for evaluating validity of qualitative research, its authenticity can be assessed.
True
In one proposed study, a researcher plans to analyze political opinions of letters to the editor in the New York Times. His research is an example of:
A qualtiative researcher receives feedback about the results and interpretations from colleagues is a form of:
A researcher examined how social work interns introduced themselves to potential clients. This type of research is probably:
Qualitative data analysts give priority to measures and hypotheses.
Conversation analysis involves detailed analyses of conversational interactions.
A conversation analyst will examine all but which one of the following?
To provide a sense of what it is like to experience a setting from the standpoint of natural actors, qualitative analysts use:
Qualitative data analysis is an iterative process, involving progressive focusing to gradually refine the focus of the study.
A qualitative researcher seeks input from participants about the findings and interprations is a form of:
A study of novels of social protest found four different types of oppressive themes predominated. This study is most likely:
Research M found that in a survey of 300 print advertisements in the top five selling magazines in the United States, more than 60 percent featured women in sexually suggestive poses. What is the unit of analysis in this study?
Triangulation involves coming at different aspects of the reseaech from multiple sources.
Member checking involves seeking input from colleagues about the findings and interpretations.
Which of the following is NOT a popular program used by social work researchers in order to analyze texts such as notes, documents, and interview transcripts?
Meta-synthesis is a way of analyzing multipe qualitative studies on a particular topic.
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