Question 1

To be ethical in qualitative research, attend to all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A)  Protect the reputation of informants 
B)  Researcher must disclose identity in all contexts 
C)  Expunge any identifying information from final reports 
D)  Debrief subjects as needed 
E)  Have concern for the informants' feelings 
A)  Protect the reputation of informants 
B)  Researcher must disclose identity in all contexts 
C)  Expunge any identifying information from final reports 
D)  Debrief subjects as needed 
E)  Have concern for the informants' feelings

Question 2

Qualitative research methods are particularly strong in studying the meanings that participants attach to events.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

While in the field and actively observing, a participant observer should do which of the following:

Accepted Answer

A)  Write down everything seen or heard 
B)  Write down jottings 
C)  Write complete field notes 
D)  Write down researcher's own impressions 
E)  Write nothing down 
A)  Write down everything seen or heard 
B)  Write down jottings 
C)  Write complete field notes 
D)  Write down researcher's own impressions 
E)  Write nothing down

Question 4

Identity disclosure is of greatest ethical concern for which type of qualitative researcher?

Accepted Answer

A)  Participant observers 
B)  Gatekeepers 
C)  Key informants 
D)  Covert participants 
E)  Complete observers 
A)  Participant observers 
B)  Gatekeepers 
C)  Key informants 
D)  Covert participants 
E)  Complete observers

Question 5

How is an intensive interview different from a survey?

Accepted Answer

depth interviews may be highly unstructu

Question 6

How is netnography similar to a traditional ethnography? How is it different?

Accepted Answer

Also known as cyberethnography and virtu

Question 7

In field research, which of the following best represents ethical concerns with "going native"?

Accepted Answer

A)  The researcher goes along with unethical activities in the course of research. 
B)  The researcher develops personal relationships with subjects. 
C)  The researcher gets emotionally involved with subjects. 
D)  The researcher may cause unintended consequences for subjects. 
E)  The researcher may cause subjects to have decreased level of trust for other social scientists. 
A)  The researcher goes along with unethical activities in the course of research. 
B)  The researcher develops personal relationships with subjects. 
C)  The researcher gets emotionally involved with subjects. 
D)  The researcher may cause unintended consequences for subjects. 
E)  The researcher may cause subjects to have decreased level of trust for other social scientists.

Question 8

Covert participation is a form of complete observation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

How ethical is complete participation? Explain when, if ever, you think complete participation might be ethical.

Accepted Answer

Ethical issues have been at the forefron

Question 10

Describe how qualitative analysis can proceed both inductively and deductively. Use examples from the text to describe each.

Accepted Answer

As observation, interviewing, and reflec

Question 11

Field research is often used interchangeably with the term:

Accepted Answer

A)  Participant observation 
B)  Field experiment 
C)  Ethnography 
D)  Covert participation 
E)  Internship 
A)  Participant observation 
B)  Field experiment 
C)  Ethnography 
D)  Covert participation 
E)  Internship

Question 12

Focus groups are useful for all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A)  Developing hypotheses 
B)  Assessing the range of opinions about an issue 
C)  Investigating the meaning of survey results 
D)  Generalizing findings 
E)  Developing survey questions 
A)  Developing hypotheses 
B)  Assessing the range of opinions about an issue 
C)  Investigating the meaning of survey results 
D)  Generalizing findings 
E)  Developing survey questions

Question 13

How is field research different from laboratory research? What are the strengths of field research compared to laboratory research, and what are its relative weaknesses?

Accepted Answer

So fieldwork involves, at its simplest,

Question 14

A focus group usually involves how many subjects:

Accepted Answer

A)  1 or 2 
B)  3 to 6 
C)  7 to 10 
D)  11 to 20 
E)  More than 20 
A)  1 or 2 
B)  3 to 6 
C)  7 to 10 
D)  11 to 20 
E)  More than 20

Question 15

If you are concerned with how people construct reality more than describing that reality, which form of qualitative analysis would be most appropriate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ethnomethodology 
B)  Case oriented analysis 
C)  Ethnography 
D)  Narrative analysis 
E)  Grounded theory 
A)  Ethnomethodology 
B)  Case oriented analysis 
C)  Ethnography 
D)  Narrative analysis 
E)  Grounded theory

Question 16

What are the roles available to a field researcher?

Accepted Answer

The first concern of all participant obs

Question 17

Netnographies are different from traditional ethnographies in that they can focus on communities whose members are physically distant and dispersed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Writing field notes:

Accepted Answer

A)  Occurs while actively observing in the field 
B)  Usually takes at least three times as long as observation 
C)  Involves separating the researchers' impressions and feelings from what was actually observed 
D)  Can occur anytime within a month of the observation period 
E)  Is the same thing as writing jottings 
A)  Occurs while actively observing in the field 
B)  Usually takes at least three times as long as observation 
C)  Involves separating the researchers' impressions and feelings from what was actually observed 
D)  Can occur anytime within a month of the observation period 
E)  Is the same thing as writing jottings

To be ethical in qualitative research, attend to all of the following except:

Qualitative research methods are particularly strong in studying the meanings that participants attach to events.

While in the field and actively observing, a participant observer should do which of the following:

Identity disclosure is of greatest ethical concern for which type of qualitative researcher?

How is an intensive interview different from a survey?

How is netnography similar to a traditional ethnography? How is it different?

In field research, which of the following best represents ethical concerns with "going native"?

Covert participation is a form of complete observation.

How ethical is complete participation? Explain when, if ever, you think complete participation might be ethical.

Describe how qualitative analysis can proceed both inductively and deductively. Use examples from the text to describe each.

Field research is often used interchangeably with the term:

Focus groups are useful for all of the following except:

How is field research different from laboratory research? What are the strengths of field research compared to laboratory research, and what are its relative weaknesses?

A focus group usually involves how many subjects:

If you are concerned with how people construct reality more than describing that reality, which form of qualitative analysis would be most appropriate?

What are the roles available to a field researcher?

Netnographies are different from traditional ethnographies in that they can focus on communities whose members are physically distant and dispersed.

Writing field notes:

Science, Society, and Social Research

The Process and Problems of Social Research

Ethics in Research

Conceptualization and Measurement

Sampling and Generalizability

Causation and Experimental Design

Survey Research

Elementary Quantitative Data Analysis

Qualitative Data Analysis

Unobtrusive Measures

Evaluation Research

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Exam 9: Qualitative Methods: Observing, Participating, Listening

To be ethical in qualitative research, attend to all of the following except:

Qualitative research methods are particularly strong in studying the meanings that participants attach to events.

While in the field and actively observing, a participant observer should do which of the following:

Identity disclosure is of greatest ethical concern for which type of qualitative researcher?

How is an intensive interview different from a survey?

How is netnography similar to a traditional ethnography? How is it different?

In field research, which of the following best represents ethical concerns with "going native"?

Covert participation is a form of complete observation.

How ethical is complete participation? Explain when, if ever, you think complete participation might be ethical.

Describe how qualitative analysis can proceed both inductively and deductively. Use examples from the text to describe each.

Field research is often used interchangeably with the term:

Focus groups are useful for all of the following except:

How is field research different from laboratory research? What are the strengths of field research compared to laboratory research, and what are its relative weaknesses?

A focus group usually involves how many subjects:

If you are concerned with how people construct reality more than describing that reality, which form of qualitative analysis would be most appropriate?

What are the roles available to a field researcher?

Netnographies are different from traditional ethnographies in that they can focus on communities whose members are physically distant and dispersed.

Writing field notes:

Science, Society, and Social Research

The Process and Problems of Social Research

Ethics in Research

Conceptualization and Measurement

Sampling and Generalizability

Causation and Experimental Design

Survey Research

Elementary Quantitative Data Analysis

Qualitative Data Analysis

Unobtrusive Measures

Evaluation Research

Filters