Deck 12: Qualitative Research Methods: an Overview

Question 1

Of the following, which is the least likely example of a qualitative data collection method?

A) Standardized measures
B) Stories
C) Narrative descriptions
D) Standardized interviews

Answer 1

Standardized measures

Question 2

Which of the following is true of qualitative research?

A) Outcome and intervention focused
B) Findings are systematic and replicable
C) Multiple methods are used that emphasize the differences between participants
D) Both b and c

Answer 2

Findings are systematic and replicable

Question 3

Which of the following is a key characteristic of qualitative research?

A) Strong control of the protocol
B) Consistent application of the manipulation
C) Short contact between experimenter and participants
D) Define how people interpret situations

Answer 3

Define how people interpret situations

Question 4

Which of the following is a primary goal of qualitative research?

A) Understand and describe a phenomenon
B) Develop a new theory
C) Determine group differences
D) Isolate variables in order to explain a phenomenon

Question 5

Qualitative designs typically utilize which strategy to add validity to the study?

A) Triangulation
B) Multiple perspectives
C) Decrease number of participants
D) Utility

Question 6

Qualitative data analysis is typically conducted in order discover:

A) Group differences between a treatment and control group
B) Main effects and interactions
C) Group differences
D) Patterns and themes

Question 7

The interpretation of qualitative data is typically based upon:

A) A consensus involving other experimenters and participants
B) Similar inferential statistics used in quantitative research
C) The trustworthiness of the design
D) Both a and c

Question 8

How are qualitative and quantitative research designs similar?

A) The way the study is conducted
B) The way the data are collected and analyzed
C) The role of the participants and experimenters
D) The importance of validity and reliability in data collection

Question 9

Qualitative techniques are ideal for:

A) Determining the impact of a treatment
B) Controlling threats to validity
C) Large studies with multiple variable s
D) Designing new measures

Question 10

Why is subjectivity considered a problem in qualitative research?

A) Because of the concern for high external validity
B) Participants typically offered biased responses
C) Experimenters may overly bias interpretation of the findings
D) Experimenters discuss research findings with their colleagues

Question 11

Which of the following is not a central focus of qualitative research?

A) Meaning and purpose
B) Internal validity
C) External validity
D) Context of the variable of interest

Question 12

Which of the following characteristics of an investigator is shared by both qualitative and quantitative research?

A) The investigator is active and engaged in the research
B) An investigators' interest dictate the approach to the work
C) An investigators' perspective is used while analyzing the data
D) The investigator is seen as an important part of the experience

Question 13

Face validity is used to:

A) Describe the extent to which a study appears valid
B) Formally evaluate measures
C) Indicate the extent to which a measure appears to assess the construct of interest
D) Determine the psychometric properties of a measure under evaluation

Question 14

What is often confused with qualitative methods?

A) Anecdotal case studies
B) Multiple treatment design
C) No-treatment control design
D) No-contact control design

Question 15

Qualitative designs are most interested in understanding which of the following?

A) The group
B) The quality of the treatment of interest
C) The individual
D) Isolating the phenomenon of interest from everyday experience