Deck 11: Qualitative Data Analysis

Question 1

Qualitative researchers may have a perception that views text as an interpretation that can never be judged true or false.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Qualitative data analysts give priority to measures and hypotheses.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Qualitative data analysis is an iterative process, involving progressive focusing to gradually refine the focus of the study.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Although there are no standards for evaluating validity of qualitative research, its authenticity can be assessed.

Question 5

Tacit knowledge is verbal explanations made by subjects in a qualitative study.

Question 6

Peer debriefing involves going to friends of the participants to receive feedback about the findings and interpretatons.

Question 7

Member checking involves seeking input from colleagues about the findings and interpretations.

Question 8

Triangulation involves coming at different aspects of the reseaech from multiple sources.

Question 9

To conduct a qualitative comparative analysis (QCA), a researcher seeks to identify multiple pathways to a specific outcome.

Question 10

The goal of grounded theory is to disprove deductive hypotheses.

Question 11

Content analysis tends to focus on the qualitative aspects of texts

Question 12

Conversation analysis involves detailed analyses of conversational interactions.

Question 13

Meta-synthesis is a way of analyzing multipe qualitative studies on a particular topic.

Question 14

To provide a sense of what it is like to experience a setting from the standpoint of natural actors, qualitative analysts use:

A) Tacit knowledge.
B) Grounded theory.
C) Etic focus.
D) Content analysis.
E) Thick description.

Question 15

A qualtiative researcher receives feedback about the results and interpretations from colleagues is a form of:

A) Tacit knowledge.
B) Peer debriefing.
C) Member checking.
D) Processing information.

Question 16

A qualitative researcher seeks input from participants about the findings and interprations is a form of:

A) Tacit knowledge.
B) Peer debriefing.
C) Member checking.
D) Processing information.

Question 17

A study of novels of social protest found four different types of oppressive themes predominated. This study is most likely:

A) An oral history.
B) A textual experiment.
C) A content analysis.
D) A narrative analysis.
E) A qualitative comparative analysis.

Question 18

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?

A) Magazines
B) United States
C) Women
D) Poses
E) Print advertisements

Question 19

The first step in a content analysis is to:

A) Identify a population of documents or other textual sources.
B) Determine the units of analysis.
C) Design coding procedures for the variables to be measured.
D) Test and refine coding procedures.
E) Collect data.

Question 20

How does one assess the reliability of codes in a content analysis?

A) Through progressive focusing
B) Comparing different coders' codes for the same variables
C) Programming computers to do word count
D) Through construct validity
E) Develop a coding scheme

Question 21

Content analysis is:

A) A systematic method of analyzing text.
B) A methodological version of survey research.
C) A summary of field notes.
D) The analysis of the substance of theories.
E) The prediction of population change.

Question 22

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) Oral history.
B) Demographic analysis.
C) Ethnomethodology.
D) Grounded theory.
E) Content analysis.

Question 23

A researcher examined how social work interns introduced themselves to potential clients. This type of research is probably:

A) Narrative analysis.
B) Ethnnomethodology.
C) Grounded theory.
D) Conversation analysis.
E) Content analysis.

Question 24

A conversation analyst will examine all but which one of the following?

A) Length of a pause
B) A speaker taking an in-breath
C) Nonverbal actions
D) Cutting off of words
E) All of the above will be examined

Question 25

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?

A) HyperRESEARCH
B) ATLAS.ti
C) QSR NVivo
D) TEXT transfer
E) All of the above are popular programs

Question 26

What ethical considerations from a social work perspective should be taken into account when analyzing qualitative data?
Give an example of each.

Question 27

Propose a content analysis dealing with sexual behavior on television. Be certain that you identify your population and unit of analysis as well as designing a preliminary coding scheme.