Deck 5: Research Methods and Terminology

Question 1

The review of literature help the researcher to;

A)acquisition of available knowledge of the topic
B)bring clarity and focus to research problem
C)analyze different methodological perspectives
D)all of the above

Answer 1

all of the above

Question 2

The term meta-synthesis coined by ……………………..?

A)glasser and strauss
B)judith garrard
C)stern and harris
D)carol m robert

Answer 2

stern and harris

Question 3

Systematic review emerged due to……………….?

A)eliminate biases and promotes through reviewing the existing literature
B)provide evidence based solutions to all problems
C)both a and b
D)b only

Answer 3

both a and b

Question 4

Reconstructing the information in new ways by building up connections among categories and their subcategories. This coding technique is known as……………?

A)selective coding
B)axial coding
C)open coding
D)none of the above

Question 5

Based on study design, variable can be classified as …………………………..?

A)active and attribute variable
B)categorical and continuous variable
C)constant and dichotomous variable
D)predicator and outcome variable

Question 6

What is the first step in systematic review?

A)analyze each study and synthesis result
B)seek out studies relevant to the scope
C)analyze research methods
D)define the purpose and scope of the review

Question 7

Four types of systematic review, excluding?

A)meta summary
B)rapid view
C)meta-analysis
D)methodological review

Question 8

Find out an example for discrete variable

A)time
B)number of children
C)income
D)age

Question 9

Which of the following statement is not related to research questions?

A)help to select relevant literature
B)make decisions regarding research design
C)it is a set of hypothesis
D)provide direction and focus to your research

Question 10

Which of the following is not a type of research questions?

A)relationship between variable
B)developing good practice
C)empowerment/forecasting an outcome
D)describing something

Question 11

Which ethnographer is not included in British ethnographic intellectual traditions?

A)malinowski
B)robert e park
C)evans pritchard
D)radcliffe brown

Question 12

The literary meaning of ethnography is …………………………..?

A)writing culture
B)knowledge of community
C)cultural group
D)human social life

Question 13

Which of the following research methods using preserved historical documents and data to answer a research question?

A)oral history
B)archival methods
C)district handbook
D)content analysis

Question 14

Which of the following statement is not true regarding ethnography?

A)participant observation and informal methods of gather data
B)data collection process is rigid and fixed
C)descriptive analysis of the human actions and institutional practices
D)focus on small sample size and groups of people

Question 15

Which is the major factor to consider while formation of research design for ethnographic study?

A)provide an outline of the topic and objectives
B)need to rational explanation to the selection of research sites
C)consider sampling availability and scope
D)all of the above

Question 16

"The discovery of grounded theory" written by ………………………..?

A)robert k yin
B)john w creswell
C)barney glasser and anselm strauss
D)howard lune and tanner

Question 17

Which is not a function of research design?

A)constant function
B)directional function
C)anticipatory function
D)as a blue print of the study

Question 18

Visual ethnography includes……………………..?

A)creation and examination of still photographs and movies
B)investigation of craftsmanship and material culture
C)the study of signs and gestures
D)all of the above

Question 19

The people talk about their overall life experience and memories or to discuss specific experiences and events in a narrative form. This statement is appropriate to …………. method?

A)gazetteers
B)oral history
C)content analysis
D)genealogy

Question 20

……………….. facilitate free and uninhibited responses from the respondents?

A)unstructured interviews
B)structured interview
C)semi-structured interviews
D)none of the above

Question 21

"The polish peasant in Europe and America" Written by ……………………..?

A)ulrich beck
B)daniel bertaux
C)robert balch
D)thomas and znanicki's

Question 22

Which of the following is not a principle of life history proposed by Plummer?

A)rational analysis
B)the researched
C)the reflexive-recursive
D)the naturalistic

Question 23

………..express an idealized or regularizing relationship between people or groups?

A)behavioral genealogy
B)jural genealogy
C)subjective genealogy
D)objective genealogy

Question 24

"Hypothesis is a tentative statement about something, the validity of which is usually unknown". Who defined?

A)steven levitt
B)robert greene
C)black and champion
D)howard s becker