Deck 9: Qualitative Research Interviews

Question 1

Focus Groups are an example of what type of interview?

A) Quantitative
B) Oral history
C) Qualitative
D) Medical

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Ideally a focus group will have:

A) Just a moderator
B) A moderator and a recorder
C) A moderator, a recorder and a professional subject
D) Just a recorder

Answer 2

B

Question 3

In a focus group the moderator's job is to:

A) Keep professional subject out of the group
B) Encourage shy participants
C) Record the interaction
D) All of these

Answer 3

B

Question 4

This is critical to the success of a focus group.

A) A well dressed moderator
B) A good research question
C) Paid participants
D) None of these

Question 5

A group of people who are gathered together at a common location to discuss some topic under the direction of a moderator is a/an:

A) In-depth interview
B) Informal interview
C) Focus group
D) None of these

Question 6

These types of interviews often evolve into extended one-on one conversations.

A) In-depth interviewing technique
B) Informal interviewing technique
C) Part of a focus group interviewing technique
D) None of these

Question 7

The Retrospective Interview Technique is a/an:

A) In-depth interviewing technique
B) Informal interviewing technique
C) Part of a focus group interviewing technique
D) None of these

Question 8

The Retrospective Interview Technique is used to:

A) Elicit personal information
B) Help individuals reconstruct events and circumstances in a chronological order
C) Help people express their feelings
D) Prepare people for potentially traumatic experiences, like having surgery

Question 9

Qualitative interviews can be:

A) In-depth
B) Informal
C) Part of a focus group
D) All of these

Question 10

A disadvantage of in-depth field interviews is that they:

A) Are time-consuming
B) Cannot be use in conjunction with other more quantitative methods
C) Cannot get information that can't be easily observed
D) Seldom reveal the subject's feeling and opinions

Question 11

A distinguishing feature of field interviews is that they are:

A) Quantitative
B) Done in a controlled setting
C) Done in a natural setting
D) Hardly ever done

Question 12

Joining a group to measure it from the inside is this type of qualitative study:

A) Focus group
B) In-depth interview
C) Spot interview
D) Participant-observation