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1. Qualitative interviews are based on a deliberate plan but are inherently flexible.
a. True
b. False
2. Studying how people think is not an appropriate topic of study for a qualitative interview.
a. True
b. False
3. Richness, meaning, and shared cultural values are important parts of the qualitative interview.
a. True
b. False
4. Individual contribution to a topic of study is known as the structural functionist perspective.
a. True
b. False
5. A structured interview schedule refers to a predetermined question and answer set.
a. True
b. False
6. Reflexivity refers to objectivity in the interview process.
a. True
b. False
7. Qualitative data may be recorded through a variety of mediums.
a. True
b. False
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8. Qualitative data analysis usually begins with data management and reduction.
a. True
b. False
9. Focus groups are not typically of value in the qualitative interview process.
a. True
b. False
10. Both structured and semi structured interviews have standardized questions.
a. True
b. False
11. Which of the following is not a type of interview used in qualitative research:
a. structured
b. semi-structured
c. unstructured
d. all of these types of interviews are used in qualitative research
12. is the most open style of interviewing:
a. unstructured
b. structured
c. quantitative
d. hybrid
13. Which of the following is not a type of focus group:
a. natural group
b. artificial group
c. contrived group
d. all of these are types of focus groups
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14. Which of the following is not utilized in the process of gaining access to formal organizations:
a. sponsor
b. cold call
c. letter
d. meeting
15. Qualitative interviewing by its very nature is:
a. subjective
b. objective
c. hard
d. easy
16. In relationship to the qualitative interviews, field notes should be written:
a. during the interview
b. weeks later
c. prior to the interview
d. promptly after completing the interview
17. A great way to make sense of qualitative data is through:
a. thinking units
b. mental blocks
c. linear regression
d. none of these answers are correct
18. As opposed to survey research, a qualitative interview is more:
a. data driven
b. interactive
c. difficult to do
d. linear
19. High-caliber qualitative studies:
a. retain richness
b. recognize meaning
c. do not lose track of context
d. all of these answers are correct
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20. A variety of approaches towards compensating research participants exist, one of the most rewarding is:
a. letting them see the data later
b. providing them with a stake in the project
c. using their information with no compensation whatsoever
d. none of these answers are correct
21. The majority of survey research is conducted using this type of interview schedule:
a. structured
b. semi-structured
c. unstructured
d. random
22. Which of the following is NOT a framework for designing qualitative interviews:
a. diachronic
b. synchronic
c. tetronic
d. all of these are frameworks for designing qualitative interviews
23. The primary purpose of the probe in a line of questioning is to:
a. prompt participants into providing more detail
b. scare participants from participating in research
c. make participants uncomfortable during research
d. challenge participants to change their answers
24. Rapport is the process of:
a. connecting with participants
b. challenging participants
c. understanding oneself in the context of the participant
d. manipulating data to appease participants
25. Memoing is the process of:
a. taking notes during research
b. writing notes about the research process from beginning to end
c. challenging ones conceptions of data
d. recording field notes
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26.
a. hearing the richness of human experience
b. sifting through layers of context
c. recognizing shared meanings
d. all of these answers are correct
27. The primary advantage of the unstructured interview is that it provides:
a. more specific data
b. more numerical data
c. more interaction with participants
d. more breadth of information
28. The first step in gaining access to formal organizations is typically:
a. writing a letter
b. finding a sponsor
c. making a phone call
d. offering a financial reward
29. Most focus groups are interested in:
a. spontaneity and emergence of themes
b. gathering vast amounts of data
c. illicit specific participant response patterns
d. unblocking cognition
30. To understand the critical realist perspective, one most understand:
a. their stance on the nature of reality
b. the nature of morality
c. marxism
d. all of these answers are correct
31. All the information a researcher logs in the context of the qualitative interview is known as the:
a. qualitative data bank
b. memo
c. data log
d. audit trail
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32. Qualitative data interpretation is different than that of quantitative data interpretation in that it accepts:
a. multiple realities
b. survey data
c. idealist perspective
d. linear regression in all circumstances
33. Which of the following is a line of questioning relating to qualitative interviews:
a. tree- and- branch approach
b. mountain and peak approach
c. ocean and sea approach
d. none of these answers are correct
34. Qualitative interviews are more effective than survey research in regard to:
a. validity
b. reliability
c. generalizability
d. reflexivity
35. Focus groups are especially useful in regard to learning about:
a. group dynamics
b. group process
c. group themes
d. all of the answers are correct
36. Structured interviews consist of:
a. spontaneously created questions
b. predetermined questions and answer sets
c. timed specific responses
d. questions in hierarchical order
37. The most basic level of compensation for participating in research is:
a. a pat on the back
b. payments, goods, and services
c. a job offer
d. all of the answers are correct
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38. Diachronic delivery of data starts at the beginning and progresses:
a. chronologically
b. backwards
c. evenly
d. randomly
39. Atlas and NVIVO are examples of what:
a. random words
b. quantitative data analysis programs
c. qualitative data analysis programs
d. responses participants have given in qualitative studies
40. The relationship between synchronic questions and time is:
a. straightforward
b. non existent
c. linear
d. backwards
41. A clarification probe is used in order to:
a. better understand unclear material
b. push participants further
c. change a line of questioning
d. in structured interviews only
42. Studying a topic such as robbery can best be accomplished through:
a. quantitative techniques
b. archived data
c. content analysis
d. qualitative interviewing
43. A focus group is typically classified as a type of:
a. survey based research
b. qualitative interview
c. forced interaction
d. advanced analytical technique
44. A primary advantage of the semi-structured interview when compared to the structured interview is that it allows:
a. more data to by gathered
b. unscheduled probes to be used
c. cognitive changed to take place
d. multiple topics to be studied
45. Follow up questions are typically used during which interview:
a. the initial interview
b. the second interview
c. the third interview
d. none of these answers are correct
46. Which of the following types of researchers have NOT historically used qualitative interviews:
a. criminologists
b. sociologists
c. anthropologists
d. chemists
47. Thick descriptions describe action as well as understand what:
a. meanings of behaviors
b. meanings of text
c. quantitative results
d. none of the answers are correct
48. The first step in creating questions is typically what:
a. writing questions
b. determining whom you will interview
c. figuring out interview type
d. determining question format
49. Unstructured interviews are typically best for what kind of study:
a. quantitative studies
b. qualitative studies
c. exploratory studies
d. correlational studies
50. Gaining access to underground or illicit populations is best achieved through:
a. coercion
b. sponsors
c. luck
d. all of the answers are correct
51. Participants are usually reluctant to participate in research studies when:
a. they aren’t being paid
b. they do not know what is being done with the results
c. they feel threatened in someway
d. none of the answers are correct
52. Qualitative interviews can occur:
a. face to face
b. online
c. over the phone
d. all of the answers are correct
53. Mode of data analysis depends on:
a. research objectives
b. analytical techniques
c. population being studied
d. types of notes taken
54. Grounded theory stems from:
a. quantitative techniques
b. analysis of patterns and themes
c. linear regression
d. diverse populations
55. Open Coding is also defined as:
a. brainstorming
b. data reduction
c. ground theory
d. qualitative note taking
56. Metaphors and analogies in speech mark:
a. grounded theory
b. important concepts
c. structured interviews
d. epistemology
57. Missing data in qualitative research serves as a type of:
a. analytical technique
b. focus groups
c. connector that accounts for what participants declined to mention
d. none of the answers are correct
58. Unstructured interviews taking the following shapes:
a. conversational shape
b. flat shape
c. survey questions
d. none of the answers are correct
59. A qualitative interview involves participants and researchers:
a. interaction
b. negotiation
c. data analysis
d. none of the answers are correct
60. The best way to understand how and why people do things is to:
a. study them analytically
b. interact with them directly
c. observe them from afar
d. none of the answers are correct
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61. The term substantive frame refers to:
a. The purpose of the interview
b. what you plan on doing
c. the depth of interview questions
d. the depth of interview questions
D. none of the answers are correct
62. Knowledge is typically constructed from:
a. a single perspective
b. multiple perspectives
c. the critical realist perspective
d. structural positivism
63. Semi-structured interviews are helpful when:
a. there is no other choice of interview technique
b. gang members are being interviewed
c. two or more people are doing the interviewing
d. a variety of interview questions are needed
64. The interview schedule for focus groups can be:
a. structured
b. semi-structured
c. unstructured
d. all of the answers are correct
65. Before creating an interview schedule, a researcher ought to:
a. know who he/she is studying
b. create an outline
c. decided on the format of questions to use
d. all of the answers are correct
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66. Questions do what in regard to participant’s responses:
a. frame
b. nothing
c. contradict
d. motivate
67. A method in qualitative interviewing used to check data involves looking for what type of cases:
a. obscure
b. positive
c. negative
d. irregular
68. A key feature of qualitative interviewing is:
a. data
b. validity
c. contextualization
d. regression
69. In qualitative interviewing, these types of questions guide the interview process:
a. open-ended
b. close-ended
c. probing
d. main
70. A method in which draft descriptions are used to check accuracy of work is referred to as:
a. grounded theory
b. member checks
c. audit trail
d. data mining
71. involve interviewing multiple people simultaneously.
72. interviews involve a mixture of pre-determined and created on the spot questions.
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73. refers to subjectivity in the research process.
74. Qualitative interviews are an important component of research.
75. An interview consists solely of predetermined questions.
76. In a focus groups individuals are acquainted and have an existing connection.
77. In a interview structure, time is irrelevant.
78. The more connected one is to a group, the more of a they are.
79. The first step in gaining access to an organization or group of people is a finding a .
80. The most basic level of compensation involves to research participants.
81. refers to how a researcher connects with participants.
82. is a technique that involves writing about the research process from beginning to end.
83. Data analysis usually begins with data management and .
84. Unidentified specialized words in qualitative interviewing are referred to as categories.
85. The first level of qualitative data is known as .
86. What kinds of populations best lend themselves to qualitative interviewing. Pick a population and discuss what type
of qualitative interview you would conduct with them. Be sure to reference the type of interview questions you
would use.
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87. Compare and contrast the two different types of focus groups discussed in the text. What are the strengths and
weaknesses of each?
88. Compare and contrast, the structured, semi-structured, and unstructured interview format. Be sure to highlight the
strengths and weaknesses of each and well as discuss which situations better lend themselves to different types of
interview formats.
89. Discuss the differences between being an insider and outside when it comes to qualitative research. Which situations
lend themselves better to which type of status?
90. Please outline and compare and contrast the steps to gaining access to formal organizations. IN your opinion, which
step is most important?