Deck 17: Analyzing Qualitative Data

Question 1

When you analyze qualitative data you will be reviewing information in the form of ______.

A) categories
B) numbers
C) hyphenations
D) words

Answer 1

words

Question 2

Which of the following would be the best question to pursue through qualitative research?

A) What proportion of our clients have preschool-age children?
B) What are the stages of moral decline for at-risk youth?
C) Has the strengths-based tutoring service of Parker Middle School been effective in the improvement of grades for at-risk middle school students?
D) Would our current clients recommend our services for their friends?

Answer 2

What are the stages of moral decline for at-risk youth?

Question 3

What are two forms of qualitative data analysis discussed in this book?

A) content analysis and narrative analysis
B) collective analysis and transparent analysis
C) critical thinking and discourse analysis
D) discovery analysis and hyperbolic analysis

Answer 3

content analysis and narrative analysis

Question 4

What does narrative analysis focus on?

A) public documents
B) segments of content to an open-ended question
C) stories
D) answers to quantitatively oriented questions

Question 5

Data for the narrative analysis are most likely to be collected from which source?

A) public documents
B) agency policies
C) mailed questionnaires
D) interviews

Question 6

How are content analysis and narrative analysis similar or different?

A) Narrative analysis may include some content analysis but typically will undertake other forms of qualitative data analysis as well.
B) They both follow exactly the same methods of data analysis.
C) They are both totally different in the methods used for data analysis.
D) Content analysis uses both the examination of segments of qualitative data and forms of analysis that are used in narrative analysis.

Question 7

When compared to quantitative data analysis, one of the disadvantages of qualitative data analysis is that it is usually ______.

A) more emphatic
B) less effective
C) less efficient
D) more efficient

Question 8

Content analysis entails the review of ______.

A) stories
B) segments of content
C) public documents
D) agency policies

Question 9

In content analysis, what does bracketing refer to?

A) identifying the researcher's opinions on the study subject in order to heighten self-awareness of possible biases
B) using a set of words to represent a larger segment of qualitative data so that data can be more efficiently analyzed
C) segmenting themes from qualitative data into two broad categories
D) reducing transparency in qualitative data analysis

Question 10

In content analysis, what does coding refer to?

A) identifying the researcher's opinions on the study subject in order to heighten self-awareness of possible biases
B) using a set of words to represent a larger segment of qualitative data so that data can be more efficiently analyzed
C) segmenting themes from qualitative data into two broad categories
D) reducing transparency in qualitative data analysis

Question 11

In content analysis, the first-level code is ______

A) a set of words that categorize several codes from another level of content analysis
B) also known as meridian coding
C) a set of words that convey the meaning of a segment of content that is closest to the words used by the study subject
D) designed to capture the essence of the most important theme in the data

Question 12

In content analysis, saturation has been achieved when ______.

A) transparency of data analysis has been achieved
B) you have completed the first level of coding
C) the review of the last segment of qualitative data has not revealed any new themes when compared to the previous segments
D) the review of the second segment of qualitative data has revealed new themes when compared to the first segment

Question 13

In qualitative research, conclusions will be drawn from the ______.

A) review of the literature
B) opinions of the researcher
C) opinions of the researcher and the literature review
D) qualitative data that were analyzed

Question 14

In content analysis, second-level codes refer to the ______.

A) categorization of first-level codes
B) content that is closest to the actual words of the study subject
C) nature of the biases of the researcher
D) credibility of the researcher in the coding of data at the first level

Question 15

A group of graduating MSW students were asked to identify the most meaningful thing they had gained from the experience of the MSW program. One of these students answered as follows: Empathy and passion for working with individuals with substance use disorders; Clinical skills; ethics; and therapy modalities. How many codes would you enter for this statement at the first level of coding?

A) one
B) two
C) three or more
D) none of these

Question 16

A group of graduating MSW students were asked to identify the most meaningful thing they had gained from the experience of the MSW program. One of these students answered as follows: Learning the different models of practice to use when working with a client. How many codes would you enter for this statement at the first level of coding?

A) one
B) two
C) three or more
D) none of these

Question 17

When you engage in credibility assessment in content analysis, you can ______.

A) compute the coefficient of congruence between two coders by calculating the proportion of codes between the two coders that were different
B) compute the coefficient of congruence between two coders by calculating the proportion of codes between the two coders that were similar
C) review the bracketing portion of the protocol for biases in the coding of a given coder
D) examine how a coder had similarities or differences between the coding of different segments of data

Question 18

How are qualitative and quantitative research similar or different?

A) In both types of research, you would collect the same kind of data: words.
B) Both types of research are designed to support the study hypothesis.
C) Both types of research are designed to follow the spirit of scientific inquiry.
D) In one type of research, you will collect single words, but in the other type of research, you will collect phrases.

Question 19

If you have achieved saturation in your qualitative data analysis, you ______.

A) have insufficient data to reach a conclusion
B) have data that support your study hypothesis
C) need to collect more segments of data
D) do not need to collect more segments of data

Question 20

When you analyze qualitative data, you do which of the following?

A) search for words that confirm your study hypothesis
B) record individual words from the content that have the most power
C) search for the relationship between the two variables that were identified in your study hypothesis
D) go from the specific words examined to the meaning they have for the subject of your study

Question 21

You decide on the categories into which your qualitative data will be placed before you examine the qualitative data.

Question 22

You engage in bracketing in order to improve the saturation of your content.

Question 23

One of the procedures in content analysis is to count the number of first-level codes that fall into a second-level code.

Question 24

Bracketing is a term used in quantitative research but not qualitative research.

Question 25

Narrative analysis in qualitative research examines segments of data for meaning, while content analysis focuses on meanings that come from stories.

Question 26

First-level coding refers to the word or phrase that captures the essence of the meaning of a set of content from a segment of the answers to a question that was given by study subjects (e.g., a sentence, a paragraph, etc.).

Question 27

In narrative analysis, you are more likely to review segments of data from a questionnaire than to engage in interviews.

Question 28

Credibility assessment in qualitative data analysis entails the comparison of codes of the same content, by different researchers in order to determine the congruence of perceptions.

Question 29

Poor congruence in the coding of the same content between two different researches in credibility assessment reveals poor credibility in research methods.

Question 30

Qualitative research is more appropriate than quantitative research when the knowledge base of the theme of the study is vast, with a multitude of well-studied theories and data.

Question 31

Think of a research study where your qualitative data come from the clinical notes of social workers that appear in client records. Would your analysis be better addressed through narrative analysis or content analysis? Explain.

Question 32

Compose both a quantitative research question and a qualitative research question that you could pose to your fellow students. For the qualitative study's open-ended question, what are two steps you'd undertake during the content analysis?

Question 33

Present a research question that would best lend itself to the narrative analysis of the data rather than the content analysis of it. Why would this question better suit the narrative analysis of qualitative data?

Question 34

Suppose someone said to you that he has walked across a college campus and observed women and men interacting and made some observations about how men and women communicate differently. One of these observations was that men are more likely to boast about their accomplishments and women were more likely to talk about their friends. This person says he has undertaken a qualitative study using his perceptions and observations. He has not made any notes but has just observed. Do you agree that he has undertaken a qualitative research study? Explain why you agree or do not agree with reference to the nature of qualitative data analysis.

Question 35

A group of graduating MSW students were asked to identify the most meaningful thing they had gained from the experience of the MSW program. One of these students answered as follows: The internship is by far the most useful learning tool in the MSW program. I have really enjoyed the entire field experience. A second student answered as follows: The most important thing I have gained from the MSW program is practice experience integrated with course work. A third student answered as follows: Most important is the quality of my experience-quality in relationships within CHHS, quality of useful class lectures and materials, quality of community resources and connections, quality of hands-on practice through quality field placements, quality of various speakers/ideas that CHHS has brought to campus. Answer each of these questions: (1) What first-level code would you give for the first student? (2) What first-level code would you give for the second student? (3) What code would you give for the third student that would be similar to those for the first two students? (4) Would you put these first-level codes together into a second-level code?