Test Questions
1. Constructing categories using the categories of those being observed is known as constructing .
a. indigenous categories
b. case categories
c. content analysis
d. researcher categories
ANS: A
2. The validation of qualitative data can involve .
a. rival hypothesis
b. negative cases
c. triangulation
d. all of the choices
ANS: D
3. Triangulation involves .
a. using different research approaches to study the same research question
b. constructing categories
c. cross classification
d. all of the choices
ANS: A
4. Qualitative analysis, unlike quantitative analysis, cannot be carried out using computer software.
a. true
b. false
ANS: B
5. When analyzing qualitative data an inductive approach is used.
a. True
b. False
ANS: A
6. Qualitative analysis of data involves
a. unstructured methods of analysis
b. identifying patterns in the data
c. keeping the data in context
d. all of the choices
ANS: D
7. You want to describe the “culture” of homelessness in your community. This would result in a(n)
a. analytical study
b. ethnography
c. triangulation
ANS: B
8. Discourse analysis refers to .
a. understanding the wider context of an analysis
b. understanding interactions
c. communication analysis
d. all of the choices
ANS: A
9. Qualitative research is primarily concerned with developing hypotheses rather than testing them.
a. True
b. False
ANS: A
10. A number of different strategies can be used to classify qualitative data including
a. cluster diagrams
b. counts
c. triangulation
d. a and b
ANS: Dv
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