Quiz 6

Employing a quota sampling strategy would be appropriate in the following circumstances:

The research question focuses on a population that has distinct categories of membership or participation.

This qualitative research method aims to capture the essence or meaning of the lived experience, or the individual's perception of his or her being in the world:

Phenomenology.

Snowball sampling

Relies on the referral process to provide information to further the sampling process. Is based on the idea that people often know others in situations similar to their own. Is useful for locating hard-to-access populations.

Preparing qualitative data for analysis often involves which of the following:

Reviewing and editing for errors. Transcribing the data to a word processing program or other textual analysis tool. Labeling different types of information.

Use of qualitative methods would be appropriate if a research question relates to:

Rich descriptions of people's life experience

Limitations of the observational data collection method include which of the following:

Behavior that the researcher observes in a specified segment of time is not always an accurate representation of typical behavior Observer interference may result in meanings being assigned to behaviors that differ from the meanings those being observed would assign to the same behavior.

This qualitative research method yields a rich, detailed, and in-depth description and analysis of a single unit or small number of units:

Case study.

This qualitative research method seeks to generate theory that arises from the data itself rather than being generated a priori based on the researcher's knowledge and experience:

Grounded theory

Which of the following statements best captures the difference between pure observation and participant observation?

In pure observation, the researcher remains apart from the group, but in participant observation, the researcher becomes actively involved in the research setting.

A key difference between qualitative and quantitative research methods in terms of data analysis is that:

In qualitative research, data collection and data analysis occur simultaneously, whereas in quantitative research data analysis occurs after data collection in complete. In qualitative research, researchers often specifically look for outliers, whereas in quantitative research, outliers are typically excluded.

Maximizing the rigor of qualitative data analysis by validating the conclusions includes all but one of the following:

Maximizing statistical power.

The purpose of this method within the qualitative tradition is to generate a more comprehensive understanding of the phenomenon of interest by expanding the scope of the research:

Mixed method design.

This method of sampling focuses on cases that do not fit the usual pattern and represent the extremes of a phenomenon of interest:

Deviant cases sampling.

Which of the following represent strengths of the observational data collection method?

Eliminates the need to rely on respondents' self-report. Avoids the problems of social desirability and recall. Allows inclusion of nonverbal subjects in research

This qualitative research method aims to understand an entire culture, subculture, or social group through extensive participant observation:

Ethnography.

Which of the following is not an interview method used in qualitative research?

Interviews using a number of predefined responses.

Limitations of the qualitative approach include which of the following?

Limited generalizability Subjectivity

Qualitative research methods focus on which of the following kinds of data?

The deeper meanings of human experience.

The term saturation refers to:

When no new information emerges from data collection