Question 1

Language in qualitative research:

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A)  Is in some respects a technicist instrumentalist language.
B)  Softer in a sense than the language of quantitative research and quantitative data analysis.
C)  Tends to include words like instrument, subject, experiment, and test.
D)  Uses words like instrument rather than method, and research subjects rather than research participants, and words like experiment or test rather than words like explore, describe, detail, construct.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 2

In the four frameworks approach to the research process the fourth and final framework is the analytical framework.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

In qualitative data analysis:

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A)  Rather than analysing numbers, researchers analyse language and they use language to give expression to their analyses
B)  Researchers engage in analysing descriptive statistics.
C)  Researchers engage in analysing inferential statistics.
D)  Researchers engage in analysing numeric data.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 4

The fundamental aim of qualitative research is to uncover the subjective meanings participants make of the phenomenon under investigation. Within qualitative research, there is an acknowledgement of the role that the researcher plays in creating meaning, through their essential selection, description and interpretation of the data they gather for the research project.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

If the methodology used in the research is narrative analysis:

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A)  Then the data analysis process will be phenomenological.
B)  Then the data analysis process will be a grounded theory approach to data analysis.
C)  Then the data analysis process will be the analysis of discourses.
D)  Then the data analysis process will be the analysis of narratives.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

Qualitative research is situated within a constructivist or interpretivist paradigm.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

In qualitative data analysis (as in quantitative data analysis), the researcher engages in coding the data.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Many of the data collection methods used in qualitative research:

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A)  Are designed to generate large quantitative data sets.
B)  Are highly structured and designed to be objective.
C)  Produce data that is language based, interview and focus group transcripts of the oral testimony of participants, written texts and documents.
D)  Are designed to generate data that can be analysed using inferential statistics.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

In the first stage of data analysis, we describe what is there in the data, what is evident in the data.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Qualitative data analysis begins with a close reading of the data. In order to accomplish a close reading of the data, the researcher will read through the data over and over again. The researcher in the first place must become familiar with the data and then through the process of becoming familiar with the data, eventually they become immersed in the data. This close reading of the data brings the researcher deep into the nuances of the data. The researcher must know what is in the data and they must clearly understand the data before they can begin to describe and analyse the data.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Define reflexivity.

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Question 12

The key to selecting or developing an appropriate approach to qualitative data analysis, is to select or develop an approach which best suits the research project, an approach which best fits the research project.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In thematic analysis the researcher is focused on:

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A)  Narratives in the data and on identifying and interpreting the different narratives in the data.
B)  Themes in the data and on identifying and interpreting the different themes in the data.
C)  Discourses in the data and on identifying and interpreting the different discourses in the data.
D)  Identifying signs in the data, and on describing and interpreting the way in which signs are used in the data, and the meanings of the signs in the data.E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 14

If the methodology used in the research is phenomenology:

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A)  Then the data analysis process will be phenomenological.
B)  Then the data analysis process will be a grounded theory approach to data analysis.
C)  Then the data analysis process will be the analysis of discourses.
D)  Then the data analysis process will be a semiotic approach to data analysis.E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 15

Give some examples of how language is used differently in quantitative and qualitative research.

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Question 16

Reflexivity calls for an acknowledgement on the part of the researcher. :

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A)  Of the financial cost of the research.
B)  Of the responses of participants to the research.
C)  Of their role in the research project.
D)  Of the ethical issues in the research.E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 17

The essential role of the researcher in interpreting the experiences of others in the qualitative research process calls for the role of the researcher in this process and the perspective of the researcher, to be made explicit. This is done by the researcher through a reflexive process. Through this reflexive process the researcher writes themselves into the research process, and makes explicit their role in the research.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The four stages of data analysis are:

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A)  Conceptual, theoretical, methodological, analytical.
B)  Description, interpretation, conclusions and theorisation.
C)  Literature, methodology, data gathering, data analysis.
D)  Test, re-test, post-test, re-test.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

One of the main functions of qualitative data analysis is to develop as thick and rich and as complete an account of the phenomenon under investigation as possible.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

In semiotics the researcher is focused on:

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A)  Narratives in the data and on identifying and interpreting the different narratives in the data.
B)  Themes in the data and on identifying and interpreting the different themes in the data.
C)  Discourses in the data and on identifying and interpreting the different discourses in the data.
D)  Identifying signs in the data, and on describing and interpreting the way in which signs are used in the data, and the meanings of the signs in the data.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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In the four frameworks approach to the research process the fourth and final framework is the analytical framework.

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