Deck 7: Qualitative Study Designs

Question 1

Rather than the term "data collection", which term is becoming more popular within qualitative research?

A) Data acquisition
B) Data gaining
C) Data gathering
D) Data generation

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Within qualitative research, data collection typically takes place in what type of setting?

A) Controlled space
B) Laboratory
C) Natural setting
D) Office setting

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which qualitative strategy of inquiry focuses on the stories of individuals?

A) Case study
B) Ethnography
C) Narrative
D) Phenomenology

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Within narrative research, the stories of individuals are typically generated through what type of interviews?

A) Semi-structured interviews
B) Structured interviews
C) Unstructured interviews
D) Structured surveys

Question 5

Understanding culture is foundational to which qualitative strategy of inquiry?

A) Case study
B) Ethnography
C) Phenomenology
D) Qualitative description

Question 6

The process of bracketing is most common in which qualitative strategy of inquiry?

A) Ethnography
B) Phenomenology
C) Narrative
D) Qualitative description

Question 7

Which of the following is not typically described as a form of case study research?

A) Collective case study
B) Instrumental case study
C) Inquisitive case study
D) Intrinsic case study

Question 8

Which qualitative strategy of inquiry is focused on developing a comprehensive description and summary of a phenomenon or event?

A) Case study
B) Ethnography
C) Narrative
D) Qualitative description

Question 9

What is one of the greatest challenges of grounded theory research?

A) Determining when to engage in bracketing
B) Determining when data saturation is reached
C) Engaging participants
D) Identifying a theory

Question 10

What type of purposeful sampling refers to the process whereby participants are sampled because they are deemed outliers to the topic of study?

A) Extreme case sampling
B) Maximum variation sampling
C) Odd case sampling
D) Snowball sampling

Question 11

What is a typical sample size for a narrative study?

A) One or two participants
B) Five to eight participants
C) 30 to 50 participants
D) 10 to 15 participants

Question 12

What is a typical sample size for a grounded theory study?

A) One or two participants
B) Five to eight participants
C) 30 to 50 participants
D) 10 to 15 participants

Question 13

What does the term data saturation mean within qualitative research?

A) Little or no new information is being uncovered through data generation
B) A researcher sets aside his or her assumptions
C) A researcher acknowledges that data generation is time consuming
D) The need to interview as many participants as possible

Question 14

What method is most commonly used to generate data in qualitative research?

A) Interviews
B) Observation
C) Personal diaries
D) Visual data

Question 15

What is another term used to describe talking circles?

A) Group interviews
B) Observation
C) One-on-one interviews
D) Visual data

Question 16

How many main phases comprise a typical qualitative interview?

A) One
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four

Question 17

When participants are asked questions during an interview and must choose their answer from a list of defined answers, what are these type of questions called?

A) Closed-ended questions
B) Defined questions
C) Open-ended questions
D) Optional questions

Question 18

An interview guide that includes a specific set of interview questions, with no room to ask additional questions, is referred to as what type of interview guide?

A) Conversational
B) Semi-structured
C) Structured
D) Unstructured

Question 19

Observation is a method of data generation that is particularly common in which qualitative strategy of inquiry?

A) Ethnography
B) Narrative
C) Phenomenology
D) Qualitative description

Question 20

What is typically used to record observations?

A) Audio-recording
B) Field notes
C) Survey
D) Video-recording

Question 21

Researchers using qualitative methods are key instruments in the research process.

Question 22

Qualitative research is emergent in that the research questions may need to change even after the research has begun.

Question 23

It is not possible for researchers to use a combination of qualitative strategies of inquiry.

Question 24

Within narrative research, stories can stand alone as a description of experience(s).

Question 25

Structured interviews are the primary process used to generate data in ethnographic studies.

Question 26

A case or "bounded system" is bound by time and place.

Question 27

Ethnography is arguably one of the most employed methodological approaches in the practice disciplines.

Question 28

Within qualitative research, theory can be used as an interpretive framework.

Question 29

Sample size is a hotly debated topic within the qualitative research literature.

Question 30

A phenomenology often includes 30-50 participants.

Question 31

Within the context of phenomenology, what does the term bracketing mean?

Question 32

What is the definition of data saturation?

Question 33

What is maximum variation sampling?

Question 34

Researchers often seek to build rapport with participants in their studies. What does rapport mean within the context of qualitative research?

Question 35

What are three defining features of qualitative research?

Question 36

A variety of considerations for reaching saturation and ultimately determining sample size have been outlined by Janice Morse. Identify and describe three factors that should be considered.

Question 37

What are the main components of an observational protocol and how are these main components described?

Question 38

Observation can take many forms. What are four different forms of observation and how are they described?