Practice Quiz Chapter 14

. A desire to form theories that are grounded in data is ________.

the preferred method of qualitative researchers

used to start the research project

an empiricist theme

a qualitative process that ensures an objectivist perspective

. The belief that a reality external to the observer exists ________.

is accepted by some qualitative researchers such as Glaser and Strauss

belongs exclusively to the quantitative researcher

is epistemologically inconsistent with qualitative research

is an interpretivist position

. Quantitative researchers ________.

are concerned only with behaviours

rely only on forced-choice selection in questionnaires

develop a theory from the questionnaire response

are interested in attitudes

. The claim that social scientists have accessed a research subject's view of the world ________.

is specific to quantitative research

is rarely validated by the respondents used in a qualitative research project

is completely false

gives meaning to objectivist research

. A quantitative approach to content analysis ________.

is of little value because it misses the depth of information

is not practically possible

is a pure fragmentation process

can be used to establish how people create their sense of reality

. Regarding the relationship between research methods and philosophical assumptions about social research, ________.

every research method may vary in its epistemological assumptions according to the research project

every research method has a specific epistemology attached to it

the connection between research methods and epistemological and ontological assumptions is not absolute

the ontological perspective of a research method is pre-determined by its epistemological assumptions

. Quantitative research ________.

is not concerned with the meaning of activity

is not concerned with selective coding

often weighs in the meaning that participants place on their activity

is concerned only with behaviours that participants engage in

. Survey research ________.

is completely deductive

is sometimes seen as inductive

requires a hypothesis prior to construction

is the best ontological method

. In research data analysis, numbers ________.

are used only for quantitative methods

may be relied on during the research as a theme of the research

may be used in qualitative research to bring perspective to reported data

are the main purpose of quantitative research data analysis

. In social research, artificiality ________.

is a concern only for quantitative research

is not linked with reactivity

can occur in participant observations

is overcome by using interviews

. In social research, quantitative and qualitative research methods ________.

are mutually exclusive processes

have significant overlapping applications

ultimately have the same effect

require that if both are being used, qualitative methods are used first

. ________ refers to implicit quantification determining the prominence of a certain theme in qualitative research data.

Limited quantification

Thematic analysis

Quasi-quantification

Systematic analysis

. The argument that using a particular research method implies acceptance of certain epistemological and ontological positions is ________.

focused in on content and research interest

referred to as the "embedded methods" argument

an argument for data to be put into analytic context

the argument that has been successful in undermine any research that relies on a multi-strategy method

. The argument that quantitative and qualitative approaches are based on separate paradigms that are epistemologically and ontologically incompatible is referred to as ________.

the sustainable methods argument

the embedded methods argument

the false integer argument

the paradigm argument

. One of the following would NOT be considered multi-strategy facilitation: ________.

using qualitative data to generate hypotheses for quantitative research

using quantitative data to generate an online forced-selection survey

using quantitative studies to identify people who could participate in qualitative research

using qualitative data to design questionnaire items

. Multi-strategy research is the use of two or more research methods from within one school of thought (qualitative or quantitative).

TRUE

FALSE

. The natural science model is traditionally linked to qualitative methods.

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FALSE

. Hypothesis testing is never used in qualitative research.

TRUE

FALSE

. Qualitative research can be used to investigate very specific research questions.

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FALSE

. People using a particular research strategy do NOT always share the same epistemological and ontological assumptions.

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FALSE

. Qualitative research is not a study of behaviour per se; it is only concerned with how behaviour is perceived.

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FALSE

. Quantitative research can be examined using qualitative methods.

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FALSE

. Meta-ethnography describes quantitative analysis of qualitative research.

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FALSE

. Anecdotalism in qualitative research may be overcome by using quantification.

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FALSE

. Qualitative researchers often rely on quasi-quantification in the report of findings.

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FALSE

. Multi-strategy research is the use of both quantitative and qualitative methods in a research project.

TRUE

FALSE

. There are several strong arguments against using a multi-strategy research approach that ultimately have invalidated its use.

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FALSE

. "Quantitative and qualitative methods are simply techniques that can be used without necessarily adopting a particular epistemological (or ontological) position." This statement is a technical argument in favour of using multi-strategy research.

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FALSE

. In multi-strategy research, triangulation is the use of quantitative research to corroborate qualitative findings, and vice versa.

TRUE

FALSE

. Quantitative data gathered from random samples could be used to test the generality of findings encountered in qualitative research.

TRUE

FALSE

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