Deck 11: The Nature of Qualitative Research

Question 1

Quantitative researchers use what kind of data?

A) Soft data
B) Hard data
C) Smooth data
D) Sharp data

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Qualitative research relies on __________ for understanding crime and criminal justice phenomena.

A) violence
B) drugs
C) the scientific method
D) context

Answer 2

D

Question 3

What is third order interpretation?

A) Interpretation from the point of view of those being studied
B) Linking interpretations to larger social cultural frame works
C) Researcher making intelligible participants interpretations
D) All of the Above
E) None of the Above

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following is not a feature of qualitative research:

A) Value-Free Neutrality
B) Grounded Theory
C) Bricolage
D) Context
E) All of the Above

Question 5

The story of Charles Darwin conducting research on the Island of Galapagos was included in this chapter to illustrate the concept of

A) teleology
B) grounded theory
C) interpretation
D) the concept of bricolage

Question 6

______ places emphasis in a nonlinear research path, integrity, subjectivity, and the use of context to uncover meaning and develop in-depth understanding of the phenomenon under study.

A) qualitative research
B) soft research
C) quantitative research
D) hard research
E) none of the above

Question 7

Improvising by drawing on diverse materials that are lying about and using them in creative ways to accomplish a pragmatics task refers to _______.

A) case and process
B) bricolage
C) interpretive research
D) objective research
E) none of the above

Question 8

This is a type of coding qualitative data in which a researcher examines the data to condense them into preliminary analytic categories or codes.

A) Open coding
B) Axial coding
C) Closed coding

Question 9

This is a type of coding qualitative data in which a researcher organizes the codes, links them, and discovers key analytic categories.

A) Open coding
B) Axial coding
C) Closed coding
D) Selective coding

Question 10

This is a type of coding in which a researcher examines previous codes to identify and select data that will support the conceptual coding categories that were developed.

A) Open coding
B) Axial coding
C) Closed coding
D) Selective coding

Question 11

This refers to a type of qualitative data, a form of inquiry and data gathering, a way to discuss and present data, a set of qualitative data analysis techniques, and a kind of theoretical exploration.

A) Narrative
B) Path analysis
C) Periodization
D) Constructive

Question 12

This form of analysis is a type of historical writing that tells a story, and a type of qualitative data analysis that presents a chronologically linked chain of events in which an individual or collective social actors have an important role.

A) Path analysis
B) Narrative analysis
C) Grounded analysis
D) Correlational analysis

Question 13

This is an analytic idea used in narrative analysis that explains a process or chain of events as having a beginning that triggers a structured sequence, such that the chain of events follows an identifiable trajectory over time.

A) Periodization
B) Structured event analysis
C) Path dependency
D) Thematic coding

Question 14

A technique generally used by historians that breaks up a historical time period and smaller sub-units of time based around important events or ideas is.

A) Periodization
B) Structured event analysis
C) Path dependency
D) Thematic coding

Question 15

An analytic idea in narrative analysis that explains a process, event, or situation by referring to the specific combination of factors that come together in a particular time and place.

A) Past event analysis
B) Life history analysis
C) Historical contingency
D) Structured event analysis

Question 16

This form of analysis forces a researcher to specify the link among a sequence of many events by asking whether one event logically had to follow another, or whether it just happened to follow.

A) Periodization
B) Structured event analysis
C) Path dependency
D) Thematic coding

Question 17

In contrast to qualitative researcher, quantitative research primarily uses which type of data:

A) Soft data
B) Hard data
C) Smooth data
D) Sharp data

Question 18

When a researcher improvises by drawing on diverse materials that are lying about and using them in creative ways to accomplish a pragmatic task it is called ____.

Question 19

Interpretations from the point of view of the people being studied are called ______.

Question 20

Interpretation where the researcher links the second-order interpretation to general theories and larger social/cultural/historical contexts.

Question 21

Quantitative researchers generally use ___ data and not ____ data.

Question 22

The story of Charles Darwin conducting research on the Island of Galapagos was included in this chapter to illustrate the concept of ________.

Question 23

_____ is a form of coding qualitative data in which a researcher examines the data to condense them into preliminary analytic categories or codes.

Question 24

______ if a form of coding qualitative data in which a researcher organizes the codes, links them, and discovers key analytic categories.

Question 25

______ refers to an analytic idea in narrative analysis that explains a process, event, or situation by referring to the specific combination of factors that come together in a particular time and place.

Question 26

______ refers to the technique generally used by historians that breaks up a historical time period and smaller sub-units of time based around important events or ideas.

Question 27

______ is a form of qualitative data analysis that forces a researcher to specify the link among a sequence of many events by asking whether one event logically had to follow another, or whether it just happened to follow

Question 28

Identify and explain five of the seven distinctions between the quantitative and qualitative approach to research.

Question 29

Explain what linear and nonlinear paths mean when discussing quantitative and qualitative research.

Question 30

Identify and explain the five key features of qualitative research.

Question 31

Identify the three levels of interpretation, explain them, and give a brief example of each.

Question 32

Discuss why narrative research and narrative analysis is and why it is critical for the study of crime and criminal justice.