Question 1

One of the textbook authors is currently involved in a research project examining the factors related to ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  desistance for a sample of drug-involved offenders 
B)  resistance to sampling drug-involved offenders 
C)  consistency in drug involvement 
D)  unrelated events and conditions the affect likelihood that individuals engage in crime

Question 2

Most field researchers adopt a role that involves some active participation in the setting.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Intensive interviewing relies on closed-ended questions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

An accounting by a qualitative researcher that describes the natural history of the development of the evidence is reflexivity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Random selection is rarely used to select respondents for intensive interviews.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What are the steps to qualitative data analysis?

Accepted Answer

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Question 7

Computer programs such as HyperRESEARCH, ATLAS.ti, and QSR NVivo ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  "thinks" for the researcher 
B)  assist with text analysis, coding and preparation 
C)  allows the researcher to analyze data that doesn't have to be scanned into the program 
D)  does very little in terms of qualitative data analysis

Question 8

Ensuring that participants are participating in a study voluntarily is not often a problem with ______ but is often a point of contention with ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  children; observational research 
B)  adults; intensive interviews 
C)  casual observation; focus groups 
D)  intensive interviewing and focus groups; participant observation

Question 9

How is Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis accomplished? Describe the computer program QSR NVivo and how it was used by Bachman, Kerrison, O'Connell, & Paternoster (2013) in the case study: Narratives of Desistance From Crime and Substance Abuse.

Accepted Answer

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Question 10

The grounded theory approach develops general concepts from careful review of text or other qualitative materials and then ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  present what they have found to other researchers to figure out the relationships 
B)  can suggest plausible relationships between the concepts 
C)  can only suggest what they think might happen in the days ahead 
D)  present what they have found to an institutional review board for guidance

Question 11

The term 'participant observer' represents a continuum of roles.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What is ethnography?

Accepted Answer

A)  study of the ethos of related cultures 
B)  study of a culture or cultures that a group of people share 
C)  a set of methodological techniques to study people 
D)  quantitative expression of culture

Question 13

Levitt, Swanger, and Butler (2008) used a systematic grounded method of analysis to understand the perspective of male perpetrators of violence on female victims.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The field research role that involves informing at least some group members of their research interests is ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  complete observer 
B)  participant as observer 
C)  complete participant 
D)  study overseer

Question 15

In her study of community policing, which role did Susan Miller (1999) adopt?

Accepted Answer

A)  complete observer 
B)  participant as Observer 
C)  complete participant 
D)  study Overseer

Question 16

The more involved researchers are in multiple aspects of an ongoing social situation, the more important personal issues become and the ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  more important outside relationships become 
B)  greater risk of "going native" 
C)  less important the personal dimension 
D)  more likely one is to utilize random sampling techniques

Question 17

What are some ethical issues with regard to covert participation in research?

Accepted Answer

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Question 18

In field research, natural social processes are studied as they happen and left relatively undisturbed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Qualitative data focuses on ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  numbers 
B)  hard information 
C)  text 
D)  triangulated information

Question 20

What is grounded theory?

Accepted Answer

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Exam 8: Qualitative Methods and Data Analysis

One of the textbook authors is currently involved in a research project examining the factors related to ______.

Most field researchers adopt a role that involves some active participation in the setting.

Intensive interviewing relies on closed-ended questions.

An accounting by a qualitative researcher that describes the natural history of the development of the evidence is reflexivity.

Random selection is rarely used to select respondents for intensive interviews.

What are the steps to qualitative data analysis?

Computer programs such as HyperRESEARCH, ATLAS.ti, and QSR NVivo ______.

Ensuring that participants are participating in a study voluntarily is not often a problem with but is often a point of contention with .

How is Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis accomplished? Describe the computer program QSR NVivo and how it was used by Bachman, Kerrison, O'Connell, & Paternoster (2013) in the case study: Narratives of Desistance From Crime and Substance Abuse.

The grounded theory approach develops general concepts from careful review of text or other qualitative materials and then ______.

The term 'participant observer' represents a continuum of roles.

What is ethnography?

Levitt, Swanger, and Butler (2008) used a systematic grounded method of analysis to understand the perspective of male perpetrators of violence on female victims.

The field research role that involves informing at least some group members of their research interests is ______.

In her study of community policing, which role did Susan Miller (1999) adopt?

The more involved researchers are in multiple aspects of an ongoing social situation, the more important personal issues become and the ______.

What are some ethical issues with regard to covert participation in research?

In field research, natural social processes are studied as they happen and left relatively undisturbed.

Qualitative data focuses on ______.

What is grounded theory?