Question 1

Age,gender,occupation,and socioeconomic status are often used as ________ codes.

Accepted Answer

A)  grounded
B)  index
C)  analytic
D)  attribute D

Question 2

A memo is a note the researcher writes to himself or herself in order to

Accepted Answer

A)  keep the data organized.
B)  capture possible themes or findings.
C)  create a rough draft of a research paper.
D)  keep the research on schedule. B

Question 3

What is the relationship between memos and the final report?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is considered plagiarism to repeat memos in the final report.
B)  Memos are tentative;the final report is definitive.
C)  Memos are often used as text in the final report.
D)  Memos are linked to data;the final report is theoretical. C

Question 4

You are conducting a study of elderly women in nursing homes and how their quality of life is affected by participation in group activities.Give an example of an attribute code,an index code,and an analytic code that you could use to analyze data.For each,explain why it fits its category.

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Question 5

What would happen if a social scientist took an emic approach to a study about how life in refugee camps affects children's education? The scientist would

Accepted Answer

A)  use logic,rigor,and transparency to produce a quality study.
B)  maintain distance from respondents in order to increase objectivity.
C)  move into the refugee camp in order to experience life as the refugees do.
D)  establish a cause-and-effect relationship between two variables.

Question 6

Define grounded theory.Do you think grounded theory is a worthy approach to qualitative research or not? Why?

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Question 7

In Nicole Deterding's study of community college students and their approach to education,what were the analytic codes?

Accepted Answer

A)  the gender,race,and age of the students
B)  two concepts: expressive approach and instrumental approach
C)  the number of students who served as respondents
D)  the 57 interviews that were analyzed (out of 127 total)

Question 8

Sociologists Barney Glaser and Anselm Strauss promoted a systemic,inductive approach to qualitative research that advocates the extrapolation of conceptual relationships from data,rather than the formulation of hypotheses from existing theory.Their approach is called

Accepted Answer

A)  qualitative comparative analysis.
B)  grounded theory.
C)  purposive sampling.
D)  abductive research.

Question 9

How do qualitative researchers establish causality?

Accepted Answer

A)  They don't,because qualitative research never results in scientifically credible claims of causality.
B)  with mathematical models borrowed from quantitative research
C)  with emic approaches
D)  with logical approaches such as qualitative comparative analysis

Question 10

Why is saturation considered a very difficult goal for qualitative researchers?

Accepted Answer

A)  The world is so complex that data almost never fail to yield new insights.
B)  Researchers are limited by time and funding,and cannot always continue collecting data until saturation.
C)  Saturation requires a correlation between variables,and many qualitative approaches are not designed to establish correlation.
D)  It is very difficult to select cases according to their distinguishing features without introducing bias.

Question 11

Sociologist Katherine Newman used both interpretive and positivist approaches in her research about school shootings.Which is a positivist question?

Accepted Answer

A)  How do teachers feel about going to work in the weeks following a school shooting?
B)  How do community members explain school shootings?
C)  What policy changes can reduce school shootings?
D)  What causes school shootings?

Question 12

Jack works for a women's shelter and conducts a study of men and violence.When respondents answer the question,"Have you ever been violent toward a loved one?" he wonders whether interviewer effects are at play.Respondents

Accepted Answer

A)  say "no," possibly because this is what they think Jack wants to hear.
B)  say "yes," because they may not understand what Jack means by the word "violent."
C)  refuse to answer,and say they don't have time to finish the interview.
D)  ask about the definitions of words such as "loved one" and "violent."

Question 13

You are an education researcher looking at the relationship between teacher temperament and student learning.You expect to find that kind teachers positively influence student learning.Pose a null hypothesis,and explain why investigating the null hypothesis would be useful in this study.

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Question 14

In her study of Sudanese refugees,Amy uses attribute codes because

Accepted Answer

A)  she thinks nationality,ethnicity,and age will be important in the analysis.
B)  "story of traveling within Sudan" and "story of traveling to host country" are key parts of their narrative.
C)  attribute codes are always superior to index codes or analytic codes.
D)  qualitative research almost always relies on attribute codes,whereas quantitative research uses index codes and analytic codes.

Question 15

Bruce wants to develop a study that has as much transparency in the analysis as possible.He follows Dr.Debra Umberson's advice,so he

Accepted Answer

A)  publishes all his data online.
B)  has more than one person code the data.
C)  uses more time and patience in the analysis phase.
D)  models his data verbally instead of visually.

Question 16

Models can be described ________ or presented ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  with data;theoretically
B)  retrospectively;prospectively
C)  with coding;without coding
D)  verbally;visually

Question 17

You are designing a qualitative comparative analysis that compares corporations employing numerous female leaders with corporations employing no female leaders.How would you use a truth table to support your analysis?

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Question 18

As a general rule,a truth table sorts cases by

Accepted Answer

A)  emic or etic data.
B)  qualitative or quantitative data.
C)  the presence or absence of particular variables.
D)  positive and negative cases.

Question 19

Dr.Anansi argues that his findings are theoretically valid because they

Accepted Answer

A)  cannot be fit into any existing theory;rather,they create a new theory.
B)  support the accuracy of an existing theory.
C)  both explain the data of his study and provide generalizable theory to interpret other cases.
D)  do not contribute to theory,instead richly explaining a single case in and of itself.

Question 20

Emily plans a study of Internet trolling.She takes an interpretivist approach,so she asks:

Accepted Answer

A)  How do people explain why they engage in trolling?
B)  What policies and processes can reduce Internet trolling?
C)  When did Internet trolling begin?
D)  Does childhood bullying cause people to troll?

Exam 16: Analysis of Qualitative Data