Question 1

Qualitative studies use an emergent design. When does the research design evolve?&#10;A) During the conduct of the literature review.&#10;B) While the researcher develops a conceptual framework.&#10;C) During the process of doing constant comparisons.&#10;D) While the researcher is in the fieldcollecting and analyzing data.

Accepted Answer

Qualitative research designs are flexible and often evolve during the data collection and analysis phase, allowing researchers to adapt their approaches based on the insights they gain while in the field.

Question 2

Which design feature can apply to both a qualitative and quantitative study?&#10;A) Manipulation of the independent variable.&#10;B) Cross sectional versus longitudinal data collection.&#10;C) Control over extraneous variables.&#10;D) Random assignment of study participants.

Accepted Answer

Cross-sectional versus longitudinal data collection methods can be applied in both qualitative and quantitative research designs to understand phenomena over time or at a single point in time.

Question 3

What discipline does the research tradition known as ethnoscience have its roots?&#10;A) Anthropology&#10;B) Philosophy&#10;C) Psychology&#10;D) Sociology

Accepted Answer

Ethnoscience is primarily rooted in anthropology, as it involves the study of how different cultures understand the world around them, including their classifications of objects, concepts, and experiences.

Question 4

What discipline does the research tradition known as ethnomethodology have its roots?&#10;A) Anthropology&#10;B) Philosophy&#10;C) Psychology&#10;D) Sociology

Accepted Answer

Ethnomethodology is a research tradition rooted in sociology, focusing on the ways in which social order is produced in and through everyday interactions.

Question 5

The research tradition known as hermeneutics is closely allied with what other research tradition?&#10;A) Ethnography&#10;B) Phenomenology&#10;C) Ethology&#10;D) Symbolic interaction

Accepted Answer

Hermeneutics, which focuses on the interpretation and understanding of texts, shares a close relationship with phenomenology. Both traditions emphasize understanding human experiences from the perspective of those experiencing them.

Question 6

What do ethnographers strive to acquire?&#10;A) Emic perspective of a culture&#10;B) Etic perspective of a culture&#10;C) Link the etic and emic perspectives into aunified whole&#10;D) Review the hermeneutic of the culture

Accepted Answer

Ethnographers strive to acquire the emic perspective, which is the insider's view of a culture, to understand it from the perspective of those who live within it.

Question 7

What is one method of facilitating bracketing?&#10;A) Tacit knowledge&#10;B) Bricolage&#10;C) Emic perspective&#10;D) Reflexive journals

Accepted Answer

Reflexive journals are a method of facilitating bracketing in qualitative research. They allow researchers to reflect on their biases, assumptions, and values to minimize their impact on the research process.

Question 8

What are ethnographers conducting when they study their own culture or group?&#10;A) Autoethnography&#10;B) Microethnology&#10;C) Macroethnology&#10;D) Institutional ethnology

Accepted Answer

Autoethnography is a form of qualitative research where the researcher explores their own personal experience to understand cultural experience. This method involves the study of the researcher's own culture, making it distinct from other forms of ethnography that focus on the study of cultures other than one's own.

Question 9

Which approach aims to discover theoretical precepts grounded in the data?&#10;A) Grounded theory&#10;B) Ethnography&#10;C) Phenomenology&#10;D) Ethology

Accepted Answer

Grounded theory is a research methodology that involves constructing theories through methodical gathering and analysis of data. This approach is distinct in its aim to develop theories that are grounded in the data itself, rather than testing existing theories.

Question 10

The product of ethnographic research is a holistic description of the culture, but sometimes the products are performance ethnographies. What is performance ethnography?&#10;A) Interpretive scripts that can be performed&#10;B) Focus on the organization of professional services from the perspective of the front-line worker&#10;C) Focus on the group or culture to which the researcher belongs&#10;D) Putting together an array of data drawn from many sources to arrive at a holistic understanding of a phenomenon

Accepted Answer

Performance ethnography refers to the creation of interpretive scripts based on ethnographic research that can be performed, often to convey the findings in a more engaging or accessible manner.

Question 11

What type of qualitative research uses stories as center stage?&#10;A) Discourse analysis&#10;B) Narrative analysis&#10;C) Descriptive qualitative analysis&#10;D) Qualitative content analysis

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Question 12

What is one type of action research?&#10;A) Participatory&#10;B) Discourse analysis&#10;C) Descriptive qualitative analysis&#10;D) Qualitative content analysis

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Question 13

What is the greatest strength of a case study?&#10;A) Generalize&#10;B) Obtain depth&#10;C) Use anecdotal material&#10;D) Describe peripheral material

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Question 14

What can be located in archives that are used by historical researchers?&#10;A) Primary and secondary sources&#10;B) Primary and tertiary sources&#10;C) Secondary and tertiary sources&#10;D) Primary secondary and tertiary sources

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Question 15

What discipline does the research tradition known as symbolic interaction have as its roots?&#10;A) Anthropology&#10;B) Philosophy&#10;C) Ethology&#10;D) Sociology

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Question 16

Which approach is associated with symbolic interaction?&#10;A) Grounded theory&#10;B) Ethnology&#10;C) Phenomenology&#10;D) Ethology

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Question 17

What type of research tradition seeks to understand the rules, mechanisms, and structure of conversations and tests?&#10;A) Semiotic analysis&#10;B) Ethnoscientific analysis&#10;C) Hermeneutics analysis&#10;D) Discourse analysis

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Question 18

There are three broad types of information sought by ethnographers. What is cultural behavior?&#10;A) What members of the culture do&#10;B) What people make and use&#10;C) What people say&#10;D) Where people work

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Question 19

Many nurse researchers have undertaken ethnographic studies. What is the first phase of Leininger's observation- participation-reflection enabler model?&#10;A) Primary observation and active listening&#10;B) Primary observation with limited participation&#10;C) Primary participation with continuing observation&#10;D) Primary reflection and reconfirmation of results with informants

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Question 20

What type of phenomena do phenomenologists investigate?&#10;A) Subjective&#10;B) Objective&#10;C) Cognitive&#10;D) Psychomotor

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Deck 20: Qualitative Research Design and Approaches