Exam 20: Qualitative Data Analysis

Qualitative data analysis may be undertaken for

Which of the following statements is TRUE about the grounded theory method?

If Wang from the previous question decided to look at whether grandparents who have grandchildren living with them later obtain custody of the grandchildren and then later adopt the grandchildren,Wang would be looking at

Variable-oriented research is similar to the nomothetic model of explanation.

If Cay from the previous question began to look at other grandparent respondents to examine their child care and employment concerns,Cay would be doing

Professor Cay notes that respondent Mary Ginger is a 54 year old grandmother who has two grandchildren living in her household.Neither of the grandchildren's parents lives with them although Mary is the maternal grandmother.Cay also learns that Ginger had to quit her job in order to stay home with the young grandchildren because Ginger feared leaving the two youngsters with a baby-sitter or in child care.Two of Ginger's friends were dealing with similar situations and a third friend was considering whether to obtain custody of her grandchild.Thus,Cay learned that Ginger wasn'eeling "alone" in caring for her grandchildren.Using this information alone,it sounds like Professor Cay is doing

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Qualitative research is undertaken for descriptive purposes,only,and never for explanatory purposes.

Professor Lip was interested in why grandparents went to court to obtain custody of their grandchildren.One of the grandparents that Lip talked with commented on the issue of "parental neglect" of the grandchild.Once the issue of neglect had been identified,Lip began to notice that other grandparents also used the concept of "parental neglect" to explain why they had a legal relationship with their grandchild.Lip was

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In the Lofland's terms,Professor Lip,from the prior question,was interested in examining which of the following ways of looking for patterns?