Deck 7: Action Research

Question 1

The action research phase in which the researcher creates a plan to improve the lives of the participants is called ___________.

A) Planning
B) Looking
C) Thinking
D) Action

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The action research phase in which the researcher assesses the situation and creates a picture about what is going on is called _____________.

A) Planning
B) Looking
C) Thinking
D) Action

Answer 2

B

Question 3

A type of action research in which the researcher and practitioner work together to identify potential problems and issues. The researcher and practitioner define a research problem jointly after assessing the situation, and reaching a mutual understanding of the problem. Then, the practitioner communicates this message to study subjects using personal wisdom of participants, and with the goal of empowering the population. This is called the _____________.

A) Technical/Scientific/Collaborative Mode
B) Practical/Mutual Collaborative/Deliberate Mode
C) Emancipating/Enhancing/Critical Mode
D) Utilization/Participation Mode

Answer 3

B

Question 4

A technique an investigator can use to keep stakeholders informed and motivated for change in which people with a variety of similar interests or agendas meet to discuss particular issues is called _____________.

A) focus groups
B) in-group forums
C) informal meetings
D) agency

Question 5

The group that is ultimately responsible for choosing a new plan of action for their lives based on the researcher's decisions is the ___________.

A) researchers
B) stakeholders
C) participants
D) evaluators

Question 6

A type of action research in which the researcher is apart from the group studied, identifies a problem after learning information from some practitioner involved with the population, and provides information to the practitioner to test a theoretical framework for intervention. The practitioner then communicates with the group studied. This is called the _________________.

A) Technical/Scientific/Collaborative Mode
B) Practical/Mutual Collaborative/Deliberate Mode
C) Emancipating/Enhancing/Critical Mode
D) Utilization/Participation Mode

Question 7

The phase of action research in which the researcher examines the data in relation to potential resolutions to the questions or problems identified during the first stage of the research process is called _________________.

A) Gathering the Information to Answer the Questions
B) Identifying the Research Question(s)
C) Analyzing and Interpreting the Information
D) Sharing the Results with the Participants

Question 8

There are several questions a researcher should ask when meeting with stakeholders to analyze the data collected. Which question helps to establish general focus for the researchers, and remind the participants of what the focus of the study originally was?

A) How
B) What
C) Where
D) Why

Question 9

The action research phase in which the researcher makes interpretations and offers explanation about the case at hand is called _________________.

A) Planning
B) Looking
C) Thinking
D) Action

Question 10

The phase of action research in which the researcher empowers people to work collectively to produce some beneficial change by giving stakeholders access to the materials collected is called ________.

A) Gathering the Information to Answer the Questions
B) Identifying the Research Question(s)
C) Analyzing and Interpreting the Information
D) Sharing the Results with the Participants

Question 11

During analysis of collected data, which question(s) will the researcher ask to help establish the problems and issues, the things bothering the population, and the way these problems intrude on the lives of the people in the group?

A) What and how
B) Why
C) Who, where, when
D) Whether

Question 12

In action research, the researcher seeks to produce change, which requires meetings with participants at all phases of the research process. One technique an investigator can use to keep stakeholders informed is spontaneous meetings that form in response to particular circumstances or issues. These are called ___________.

A) focus groups
B) in-group forums
C) informal meetings
D) agency

Question 13

A technique a researcher can utilize for informing stakeholders of information gathered that involves institutional or departmental meetings that provide personnel with opportunities to discuss common interests or agendas is called ___________.

A) agency
B) community group meetings
C) informal meetings
D) in-group forums

Question 14

A technique an investigator can use to keep stakeholders informed and motivated for change is small meetings in which people from single-interest or stakeholder groups discuss particular issues. This is called ___________________.

A) focus groups
B) in-group forums
C) informal meetings
D) agency

Question 15

Which is NOT a characteristic common to action research?

A) Collaboration
B) Independence
C) Reflection
D) Participation

Question 16

The phase of action research in which the researcher may use triangulation to collect data is called ______________.

A) Gathering the Information to Answer the Questions
B) Identifying the Research Question(s)
C) Analyzing and Interpreting the Information
D) Sharing the Results with the Participants

Question 17

Which research technique can be especially helpful when determining the problems that a group of stakeholders feel that they face?

A) Participant observation
B) Interviewing
C) Ethnography
D) Focus groups

Question 18

The phase of action research in which the researcher assists the people in the research population with examining their situation and recognizing their problems is ____________.

A) Gathering the Information to Answer the Questions
B) Identifying the Research Question(s)
C) Analyzing and Interpreting the Information
D) Sharing the Results with the Participants

Question 19

A technique a researcher can use for informing stakeholders of information gathered that involves members of the same group or neighborhood gathering to explore interests or agendas is called___________.

A) agency
B) community group meetings
C) informal meetings
D) in-group forums

Question 20

During analysis of collected data, which question(s) will the researcher ask to focus in on specific actors, events, and activities that relate to the problems or issues at hand?

A) What and how
B) Why
C) Who, where, when
D) Whether

Question 21

What is photovoice, and how does it fit in with past trends in ethnography?

Question 22

When is action research a good fit, and when should action research not be used?

Question 23

What are the characteristics of action research that allow it to be utilized in classrooms, schools, hospitals, justice agencies, and community contexts?

Question 24

Why is it so important to keep stakeholders informed in action research, and what are several ways the researcher can do this?

Question 25

What makes action research unique from other types of research?

Question 26

Create an example of a research question and population to which the principles of action research are applicable. Provide justification for your research design.

Question 27

A type of action research with two goals. The first is to bring together book knowledge, or theory about a problem, with the actual real-world situation, or implementation of the problem. The second goal is to raise the collective consciousness of the practitioner by developing a social critique in which theory and practice come together. This is called the ___________.

A) Technical/Scientific/Collaborative Mode
B) Practical/Mutual Collaborative/Deliberate Mode
C) Emancipating/Enhancing/Critical Mode
D) Utilization/Participation Mode

Question 28

The phase of photo research in which participants identify which images most accurately reflect their concerns and issues, and which photographs most accurately depict the world around them. This is called ___________.

A) selecting photographs
B) contextualizing stories
C) codifying
D) capturing photographs

Question 29

What principle of action research can and should be applied to any research, not only action research?

A) Gathering the Information to Answer the Questions
B) Identifying the Research Question(s)
C) Analyzing and Interpreting the Information
D) Sharing the Results with the Participants

Question 30

What is the role of the action researcher?

Question 31

Explain the three phases of photovoice, and what each involves.

Question 32

What are the main assumptions of action research regardless of which discipline uses the research technique?

Question 33

The type of sociology that shares many characteristics with action research is called _________________.

A) qualitative sociology
B) quantitative sociology
C) public sociology
D) critical theory sociology

Question 34

The phase of photo research in which the researcher discusses the reasons why the participant took the photo, what the image means, and what the images are supposed to depict. This is the phase in which the photographer provides his or her voice to the researcher. This is called _______.

A) selecting photographs
B) contextualizing stories
C) codifying
D) capturing photographs

Question 35

The phase of photo research in which the researcher looks for common themes and theories that emerge during the contextualizing and discussion of the photographs, in which participants may flag certain issues to target for action is called _____________.

A) selecting photographs
B) contextualizing stories
C) codifying
D) capturing photographs

Question 36

What are the three modes of action research, and identify the key characteristics of each.

Question 37

A discipline that is NOT representative of a common application of action research is _____________.

A) individual entrepreneurs
B) schools
C) hospitals
D) justice agencies

Question 38

What are the goals of photo voice?

Question 39

Explain the ten descriptors that can help give action research a methodological focus.