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Communication Research: Asking Questions, Finding Answers, 5e (Keyton)
Chapter 18 Reading and Writing the Qualitative Research Report
1) Authorial voice:
A) is the decision authors make about which author will be listed first on the research report.
B) is the decision about who will do the telling of the story in reporting qualitative data.
C) provides insight into how the data were analyzed.
D) is always first person for reporting qualitative data.
E) never reveals the author’s interpretations of the data.
2) Many qualitative research reports begin with:
A) the presentation of the study’s hypotheses.
B) the full disclosure of research participants’ identities.
C) an introductory premise to frame the descriptions and analyses.
D) information that would explain to the reader why qualitative methods were used.
E) an explanation of why statistical tests were not used in the study.
3) Despite the variety in how researchers might write their qualitative research reports, the one
thing that must be included is:
A) when the fieldwork was conducted.
B) the extent of the researcher’s involvement in the field.
C) steps used to analyze the data.
D) to what extent data were triangulated or checked.
E) all of the above.
4) The results and discussion section of a qualitative research report includes:
A) all of the data the researcher collected.
B) one quote for each claim the researcher is making.
C) more description than analysis.
D) more analysis than description.
E) a balance between description and analysis.
5) In writing a qualitative research report, it is common for the researcher to:
A) turn the writing responsibilities over to others.
B) complete the report in the first attempt at writing it.
C) continually revise the document to improve the claims and conclusions drawn.
D) avoid using frameworks that may structure the relationships among claims or conclusions.
E) complete the manuscript without showing it to anyone.
6) Crystallization:
A) involves triangulating the data.
B) is less flexible than traditional reporting of qualitative research.
C) involves the combination of forms of analysis, presentation and representation of qualitative
data in written research reports.
D) is the dominant form of written research reports in social science.
7) The method section in a qualitative research report:
A) is unnecessary due to the unstructured nature of qualitative research.
B) should not include references as to when the field work was conducted.
C) does not need to include the steps and methods for analyzing the data.
D) should include information about the research methods and procedures used in the study.
8) A writing strategy, or style, used in qualitative research reports is:
A) thematic.
B) chronological.
C) separated text.
D) puzzle explication.
E) all of the above.
9) In the qualitative research report:
A) it is acceptable to reveal the identity of the research participants.
B) anonymity is not as important as confidentiality.
C) the researcher must keep his or her agreement about confidentiality and anonymity with
participants.
D) simply changing the participant’s name is always enough to maintain anonymity.
10) Choose the research term that describes “the author uses a dispassionate, third-person voice.”
A) Writing style of the confessional
B) Writing style of the impressionist
C) Writing style of the realist
11) Choose the research term that describes “the author makes himself or herself visible with
liberal references to ‘I.'”
A) Writing style of the confessional
B) Writing style of the impressionist
C) Writing style of the realist
12) Choose the research term that describes “the author uses metaphors, phrasings, and imagery to
create striking stories.”
A) Writing style of the confessional
B) Writing style of the impressionist
C) Writing style of the realist
13) Choose the research term that describes how the researcher’s point of view develops and
changes.
A) Writing style of the confessional
B) Writing style of the impressionist
C) Writing style of the realist
14) Choose the research term that describes “focuses on the minute details of everyday life.”
A) Writing style of the confessional
B) Writing style of the impressionist
C) Writing style of the realist
15) Choose the research term that describes “the author creates dramatic tension during the telling
of the story.”
A) Writing style of the confessional
B) Writing style of the impressionist
C) Writing style of the realist
16) The objective of the researcher reporting qualitative data is to increase the reader’s
understanding of how humans construct and share meaning.
17) The qualitative written research report has the same sections as the quantitative written
research report.
18) Most authors of qualitative research reports will find that they have too much data rather than
too little data.
19) Regardless of which introductory technique is used, the objective of the author of a qualitative
research report is to draw the reader into the experiences of the participants in the communication
environment studied.
20) Because the focus of the qualitative research report is on the substance of what the researcher
found, there is no need to report how the data were collected.
21) Describe why the researcher reporting qualitative data can start creating part of the written
research report while analyzing the data.
22) Describe steps the researcher can take to be sure there is enough descriptive detail to support
the analysis presented in the qualitative research report.
23) Describe three points researchers should remember about including directly quoted interaction
of participants.
24) Describe two different strategies for concluding the written qualitative research report.
25) Explain why the author’s analytical skills are constrained by his or her writing ability in
presenting the results of a qualitative research study.