Deck 7: Understanding Research Methodology and Design

Question 1

Data collection methods are a major part of the methodological framework for the research project

Answer 1

True

Question 2

A simple definition of case study methodology is that it is the in-depth study of a bounded entity.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Documentary analysis is the methodology designed to facilitate research on documents. Documentary analysis involves the systematic analysis of data in the form of documents or data drawn from documents. The documents used can be written documents, books, newspapers, notices, letters, records, and so on.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

One of the most important and most fundamental decisions to be made in any research project is the decision about methodology.

Question 5

There are many different approaches to research, and a number of different philosophical frameworks within which you might situate your work.

Question 6

Experimental Design is the methodology used when conducting experiments. True experiments are rarely conducted in business research or in social science research generally. This is because of the difficulties in controlling for all the different variables in social science situations and phenomena. Properly designed experiments can be very effective in laboratories or in laboratory conditions. Laboratory conditions are difficult to replicate in the social world or in the study of social phenomena research.

Question 7

We know from our reading of the earlier chapters in the textbook, that the decision on the methodology to be used in a research project is informed by the focus of the research, the research question or statement, and it is informed by the type of data required to answer the research question or to inform the research statement and the location of that data.

Question 8

The research methodologies must fit with the fundamental philosophies of the research project, and the data collection methods must fit with the project's research methodology.

Question 9

A phenomenological research methodology is used in the social sciences to examine lived experience. Phenomenology is the study of lived experience from the first-person point of view. It is the study of experience or consciousness. Using a phenomenological research methodology the researcher spends a great deal of time developing accounts of lived experience from the perspective of those living the experience.

Question 10

Ethnographic research methodology is employed when a researcher wants to carry out an in-depth examination of a culture.

Question 11

The process or processes through which knowledge is created are of fundamental importance in research.

Question 12

It is important that you are knowledgeable enough generally about research methodology to be able to select the most appropriate research methodology for your research.

Question 13

The research methodology outlined for use in the research project must be capable of supporting the research, capable of enabling or facilitating the completion of the research.

Question 14

The researcher becomes quite expert on the methodology that they use in their research project.

Question 15

Content analysis is a research methodology used to analyse the content of any text.

Question 16

The researcher must become an expert on all of the research methodologies.

Question 17

As illustrated in the methodological pyramid, the fundamental philosophies support the research methodologies, and in turn, the research methodologies support the data collection methods.

Question 18

Discourse analysis is a research methodology that facilitates the identification of discourses in the social world and the analysis of those discourses. According to Fairclough (1995), discourses can be written texts, spoken words and/or cultural artefacts.

Question 19

Image-based research is the use of images in social research. Using this research methodology, a researcher can draw on data from photographs, film, videos, advertising, cartoons, drawings, maps, charts, and any other kind of image.

Question 20

The research methodology must be an appropriate research methodology for the research project. It must fit with the research project.

Question 21

All of the elements of the research project have to:

A) Relate to survey research.
C) Fit together.
B) Be compatible with case study research.
D) Published.

Question 22

The research methodology s the philosophical framework for:

A) The research project.
C) The theoretical framework.
B) The literature review.
D) The bibliography.

Question 23

In business research really there are only two research methodologies, surveys and case studies.

Question 24

Different research methodologies will produce different research projects.

Question 25

Survey methodology is useful with large populations and populations that are:

A) Geographically scattered.
C) Made up predominantly of men.
B) Made up predominantly of women.
D) Middle aged.

Question 26

Deciding on the research methodology for the research project is very simple and straightforward.

Question 27

A phenomenological research methodology is used in the social sciences to examine:

A) Extraordinary phenomena.
C) Every kind of phenomenon.
B) Lived experience.
D) Phenomenal entities and experiences.

Question 28

Narrative research is used in the gathering and analysis of:

A) Cases.
C) Scales.
B) Surveys.
D) Narratives or stories.

Question 29

Longitudinal research is research that takes place:

A) Over a long period of time.
C) In the long periods between lectures.
B) More than twice a year.
D) In the long summer holidays.

Question 30

Grounded theory is used when the specific focus of the research is on:

A) Creating ground level theory.
C) Building theory from data.
B) Grounding the research in some way.
D) Grounding the researcher in some way.

Question 31

Action research is used to:

A) Generate action in research projects.
B) Observe the action in research projects.
C) Comment on the action in research projects.
D) Bring about change and development.

Question 32

A survey methodology is the best research methodology to use in business research.

Question 33

Every research project is designed to make a contribution to:

A) World peace.
C) GNP.
B) Knowledge.
D) Trade.

Question 34

Action research is:

A) An account of an extraordinary experience.
B) A research methodology.
C) A data gathering method.
D) A means of triangulation.

Question 35

In the research process, the research methodology comes after the:

A) Conclusions and recommendations
C) Bibliography
B) Literature review.
D) Appendices

Question 36

Data collection methods are a major part of the:

A) Literature review.
C) Bibliography
B) Conclusions and recommendations
D) Methodological framework

Question 37

The methodological framework emerges from:

A) The theoretical framework.
C) The conceptual framework.
B) The analytical framework.
D) The assessment framework.

Question 38

Documentary analysis is the methodology designed to facilitate:

A) Research on documents.
C) Filing of documents.
B) Archiving of documents.
D) Compiling of documents.

Question 39

The different research methodologies and the different data collection methods are all tools of the trade in social research. The skilled researcher is able to use the tools expertly and creatively.

Question 40

Case study research is the study of:

A) Geographically scattered populations.
B) People who are ill and receiving some kind of treatment.
C) Bounded entities.
D) Unsolved crimes.

Question 41

Archival research is research carried out:

A) Over the internet.
C) On the content of archives.
B) Using e-mail.
D) Covertly.

Question 42

Triangulation in social science research means :

A) You should use three data gathering methods.
B) You should engage with three different populations.
C) You should use three different research methodologies.
D) Looking at the phenomenon under investigation from more than one perspective.

Question 43

The researcher becomes quite expert in:

A) All of the researcher methodologies listed in this chapter.
B) The research methodology used in the research project.
C) The politics of research.
D) All of the ethical issues in social research.

Question 44

What is the function of the research methodology in the research project?

Question 45

Observation is:

A) A data collection method where the researcher engages in observing and recording the phenomenon under investigation.
B) What the research superviser makes in relation to the research project.
C) What the researcher engages in when s/he draws conclusions from the research.
D) Used in archival research.

Question 46

Attitude research is the research methodology used in:

A) The study of signs in society.
C) Narrative research.
B) The archiving of files.
D) The measurement of attitudes.

Question 47

What is meant by the notion of 'fit' in relation to the research project?

Question 48

Semiotics is the study of:

A) Seminal works.
C) Signs.
B) Stories.
D) Life histories.

Question 49

The methodological framework for the research project is contained in:

A) The research methodology chapter of the thesis, or in the research methodology section of the report of the research.
B) The literature review.
C) The data analysis chapter or in the data analysis section of the report of the research.
D) Conclusions and recommendations.

Question 50

The interview schedule is:

A) The time laid out for each of the interviews.
B) The list of appointments the researcher makes with participants to be interviewed.
C) The list of questions or points the researcher compiles to ask of interviewees, or to explore with interviewees.
D) Is the transcript of the data gathered during the interview.

Question 51

Feminist research can be undertaken to highlight:

A) The experiences of men.
B) The experiences of women, as well as to highlight gender inequality.
C) The aim and objectives of research.
D) The theoretical framework.

Question 52

What does the methodological pyramid illustrate?

Question 53

Data collection methods are a part of:

A) The theoretical framework.
C) The methodological framework.
B) The conceptual framework.
D) The background to the research.