Deck 10: Qualitative Methods

Question 1

Qualitative methods often use categories predetermined by the researcher.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

In qualitative methods, researchers learn by observing as they participate in a natural setting.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

A case study may examine an organization.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

A thick description provides a brief summary to describe the setting being studied.

Question 5

Ethnography is the study of a culture that a group of people share.

Question 6

Communities of people must always involve face-to-face interactions.

Question 7

Netnography is a form of ethnography involving the study of online communities.

Question 8

Photovoice is a method in which participants take photographs of meaningful scenes and interpret photographs.

Question 9

A problem with photovoice is that participants do not have the opportunity to reflect on their concerns.

Question 10

Covert participation is appropriate to gain access to otherwise inaccessible settings or groups.

Question 11

A participant observer should be aggressive in questioning others.

Question 12

Theoretical sampling focuses on particular processes and selecting individual or settings that permit comparisons to be made.

Question 13

Deviant cases that offer a contrast should not be sampled

Question 14

The correspondence between researchers' social attributes, such as age, sex, and race, and those of their subjects shapes the relationships and rapport that form during participant observation.

Question 15

Systematic observational strategies are commonly used in qualitative studies.

Question 16

Unlike the more structured interviewing used in survey research, intensive interviewing relies on open-ended questions.

Question 17

A grand-tour question is designed to elicit a description of the field site.

Question 18

New interviewees should be selected for intensive interviewing until a saturation point is reached.

Question 19

Most researchers feel that tape recorders do not inhibit most interviewees and are routinely ignored.

Question 20

Online interviewing is useful in connecting people separated by physical distance.

Question 21

Online interviews create a written record of the interaction with the need for typed transcripts.

Question 22

No formal procedure exists for determining the generalizability of focus group answers.

Question 23

Qualitative methods can be used to assess the design and delivery of social work services.

Question 24

Confidentiality can be satisfied in qualitative research merely by using fictitious names for the characters in their reports.

Question 25

Reactive effects are likely to be strongest in which qualitative research design?

A) Complete observation
B) Participation and observation
C) Covert participation
D) Intensive interviewing
E) Focus groups

Question 26

When observers use a standard form on which to record variation within the observed setting, they are pursuing what type of research strategy:

A) Complete observation
B) Participant observation
C) Covert observation
D) Complete observation
E) Systematic observation

Question 27

Running a focus group requires:

A) A great moderator
B) A sample who represent a range of views on an issue
C) A great setting with wonderful views and pictures
D) Participants who do not know each other
E) A great assistant

Question 28

Which is not a principle of community-based participatory research?

A) Acknowledges the community as a unit of identity
B) Focuses on the strengths and resources within the community
C) The researcher conducts all aspects of the research to ensure valid results
D) The results are disseminated to community partners
E) The process reflects a commitment to sustainability

Question 29

A sample comprised of people or settings unuslally rich in information pertaining to the research question is called:
Please reword as this word does not seem correct.

A) Deviant sample
B) Critical cases sample
C) Theoretical sample
D) Typical case sample
E) None of the above

Question 30

Which of the following describes a researcher who may be a complete participant in a field study?

A) A college professor who studies children's play behavior
B) A college student who studies children with attention deficit disorder
C) A former jazz pianist who studies medical students
D) A male researcher who studies the women's track team
E) A college student who studies classroom procedures

Question 31

Which of the following are ways in which qualitative methods inform practice?

A) Assess the design and delivery of services
B) Assist in uncovering the process and nature of service delivery
C) Clarify clients' perceptions of interventions
D) Help social workers understand why people in need of services do not seek help
E) All of the above

Question 32

What is a focus group?
What type of information is generated?
What are the qualities of a good focus group.

Question 33

Field research often results in a detailed description of a limited social setting. However, the resulting journal articles and books may be read by a wide audience and used to understand social behavior in many settings. Construct an argument for or against the generalizability of the results of field research studies. Also, indicate to what extent you feel it is worthwhile to forgo probability sampling methods to achieve other goals through field research.

Question 34

Review the guidelines for developing and maintaining relationships in field research. Describe how you might follow these guidelines while studying consumers of substance abuse services in a public mental health agency?
What potential ethical problems may develop in the field, and how would you overcome them?

Question 35

Identify the advantages and disadvantages to online interviewing.