Question 1

Which of the following terms is NOT relevant for qualitative interviews?

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A) In-depth interviews 
B) Informal interviews 
C) Structured interviews 
D) Open-ended interviews 
E) Ethnographic interviews

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of an "indirect question" used in qualitative interviewing?

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A) Why do you think young men are attracted to high-risk sports like heli-skiing? 
B) What does it feel like to participate in high-risk sports activities? 
C) From what you have said,you really enjoy participating in high-risk sports activities? 
D) So,it is all basically about the adrenaline rush? 
E) I was just wondering,how do you feel about high-risk sports in general?

Question 3

Which of the following statements about moderators is false?

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A) Moderators are trained to be directive 
B) Moderators are sometimes called facilitators 
C) Moderators ask questions 
D) Moderators probe quieter individuals for their opinions 
E) Moderators defuse arguments

Question 4

Professor Simon Salamander listens to the interview recordings from his participants and decides that he only wants to transcribe the parts that are most relevant to his research questions.Professor Salamander is engaging in

Accepted Answer

A) manipulation of the data. 
B) selective transcription. 
C) truncated transcription. 
D) structured transcription. 
E) Kvale questioning.

Question 5

Discuss the main features of focus groups under the following headings: the structure of the focus group,the role of the focus group facilitator,the number of groups in a focus group study,and focus group dynamics.

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Question 6

Using ________ can actually encourage a participant to continue talking.

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A) personal experience 
B) silence 
C) asking for details 
D) talking about specific topics 
E) the Socratic method

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT one of the advantages of qualitative interviews?

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A) They allow the researcher to see the world from the interviewee&#8217;s perspective. 
B) Reading reports that use qualitative interviewing for data collection is very engaging,and creates a sense of intimacy between the researcher,interviewees,and the reader. 
C) Qualitative interviews are a valuable method for studying understudied or previously understudied populations. 
D) Qualitative interview data can create theories that can give rise to future research,including quantitative research. 
E) Sample sizes are usually small in comparison to those used in quantitative research.

Question 8

Define the following:interpreting questions

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Question 9

Define the following:devil's advocate

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Question 10

Define the following:groupthink

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Question 11

A question that begins with,"From what you've told me,your experience can be summed up like…" is most likely a __________ question.

Accepted Answer

A) interpreting 
B) structuring 
C) specifying 
D) direct 
E) indirect

Question 12

In which kind of question are interviewees prompted to give their account of a situation or experience?

Accepted Answer

A) Specifying questions 
B) Structuring questions 
C) Introducing questions 
D) Interpreting question 
E) Indirect question

Question 13

In order to increase the trustworthiness of their qualitative interview data,researchers should ensure that

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A) their data is made available to other interested researchers who may want to reanalyze it. 
B) they interview their respondents more than once. 
C) they develop research questions prior to conducting their interviews. 
D) their respondents are telling the truth. 
E) they select participants who are as homogeneous as possible.

Question 14

In what way does the qualitative interview differ from a friendly conversation?

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A) The friendly conversation has an explicit goal or purpose,whereas the qualitative interview often does not have a specific goal in mind. 
B) The friendly conversation contains many instances of repetition,whereas the qualitative interview tends to avoid going over the same details more than once. 
C) In a friendly conversation the participants usually avoid abbreviations and jargon,but in a qualitative interview the interviewer tries to use the same jargon and expressions familiar to the participant. 
D) In a friendly conversation the participants tend to speak out of turn and cut each other off,whereas in a qualitative interview the interviewer will often interrupt the participant&#8217;s response in order to ask for clarification. 
E) During a friendly conversation a pause or brief silence is acceptable,whereas in a qualitative interview pauses can be used by the interviewer to get the interviewee to elaborate on a previous point.

Question 15

Describe four characteristics of qualitative interviews.What are the specific features for each of these characteristics?

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Question 16

Which of the following is an example of a "specifying question" in qualitative interviewing?

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A) Why do you think people smoke? 
B) How many people in your social network smoke? 
C) Do you think smoking for all those years has affected your current health? 
D) What made you decide to quit smoking? 
E) Why do you think your family wanted you to quit smoking?

Question 17

The number of people interviewed in a qualitative study on the construction of bisexual identity is dictated mainly by

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A) sample sizes from previous research studies. 
B) the researcher&#8217;s time and resources. 
C) the sponsoring organization&#8217;s research guidelines. 
D) the length of the interview schedule. 
E) the number of interviewers available on the research team.

Question 18

Groupthink refers to

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A) a person whose role is to argue against a dominant idea. 
B) a person&#8217;s natural desire to avoid conflict and lean toward group consensus,even when the group&#8217;s opinion does not reflect his/her own opinion. 
C) the tendency for interviewees to think alike. 
D) the use of a moderator to get focus group participants to respond similarly on questions. 
E) respondents who share similar socio-economic attributes.

Question 19

A question by an interviewer such as "I would now like to discuss another issue ..." is an example of a(n)

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A) specifying question. 
B) direct question. 
C) indirect question. 
D) structuring question. 
E) introducing question.

Question 20

Define the following:interview guide

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Exam 12: Qualitative Interviewing