Qualitative Methods

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Qualitative Research Methods Quiz

Test your knowledge of qualitative research methods through this comprehensive quiz designed for students and researchers alike. With 48 carefully crafted questions, you will explore key concepts, ethical considerations, and methodological approaches in qualitative research.

Multiple-choice questions covering various aspects of qualitative methods
Enhance your understanding of research principles, ethics, and interviewing techniques
Ideal for students, professionals, and anyone seeking to deepen their knowledge in qualitative research

48 Questions12 MinutesCreated by ExploringMind42

If you don’t know where are you are going, any road will do. But if you know your destination, you need to…

Choose your path deliberately and carefully

Choose wisely

None of the above

A….is a “system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained.

Theory

Metaphor

Sociogram

All of the above

A research study in which “research comes before theory is called:

Deductive research

Inductive research

Grounded theory

Conceptual research design

When conducting literature review, which of the statements is the most accurate one?

According to Lune and Berg (2017), there are some objectives/purposes of writing literature. Which of the following is the most accurate response?

To ensure that everyone is working with (understanding the same definition and mental image, we need to conceptualize the term and operationalize it measurement. This process is called:

Dispel Myth

Operationally defining concept

None of the above

All of the above.

Valierie Janesick metaphorically describes – design is the ….. That establishes the research dance

Crux

Geography

Choreography

Mental mapping

Snowball sampling technique is….

In which of the following situations, you no longer required to obtain an ethics approval for conducting a research study?

Your research does not involve human subjects

You must always have ethics approval

None of the above

Dissemination of research finding means…

You are publishing your research findings as a journal article or a book chapter

You are presenting your findings in an in-person or virtual conference.

All the answers

You are publishing a book based on your findings

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Several researchers in the past created risks on research subjects due to having forced participation, no responsibility if any harms, no informed consent, and no respects to research participants.

Only one researcher in the past created risks on research subjects due to having forced participation, no responsibility if any harms, no informed consent, and no respects to research participants.

Which of the statements is/are true about Tuskegee Syphilis Study?

It violated the rights to health of research participants.

It was responsible for death of hundreds of research participants.

It denied participants access to syphilis medicines publically available in the 1940’s.

All of the above

Which of the following research involved a researcher I disguised form and collected personal information?

Tearoom

Leafy Room

Trade Room

Tearoom Trade

You must obtain ethical approval from uOttawa, REB, if your research

TCPS2 does not apply if

The research does not involve human participants or human biological materials at all.

There is a possibility of coercion, mental or physical harm

All of the above

None of the above

REB requires a full ethical review of the research, where

In ethnographic study, covert role of the researchers means

researcher fully and secretly involves as a participant

Researcher is involved and is not a secret

None of the above

As a researcher, which of the following activities you must respect when publishing the research?

Respecting Anonymity and confidentiality of research participants

Disclosing financial resources/fundings that you got for the research

Disclosing conflict of interest, if any

Refraining from understating, of the findings

All of the above.

Dramaturgical model of interview is similar to….

Unstandardized interviews

Creative interviewing

Standardized interviews

All of the above

The interview structure, which is flexible, has not no pre-determined set of questions, and both the researcher and the interviewee enjoy a great deal of freedom, is called…

When approaching interview participants, you, as a researcher, must…

Introduce who are are and why your there

Tell them how they were selected

Convince the participant that the research is important

Explain all the situations noted above and create a relationship of confidence between you and the participant

In qualitative interviews, throw-away questions are general questions used to develop a rapport between interviews and subjects

True

False

Which of the following second parts is NOT correct if matched with the given first part of the sentence? Pre-testing of interview questions can…

not ensure if interview questions work to obtain information that you are looking for

Separate the two topics and ask separate questions

Both the researcher and interview participants involve in impression management activities

All of the above.

Which of the following is the most appropriate solution to the double barrelled questions asked in any qualitative research?

Ask as many questions as possible

Follow up with other questions.

Separate the two topics and ask separate questions

All of the above.

Which of the following statements are TRUE in the context of “dramaturgical interview”

The theory derived from Goffman’s (1956) the presentation of self in Everyday life

It is the study of social interaction in terms of thearatical performance

Researchers tend to emphasize the importance of building rapport

Both the researcher and interview participants involve in impression management activities

All of the above

In FGDs, what does “synergetic group effects” mean?

3 participants or more draw ideas from another or participate in brainstorming

One participant can draw ideas from another or participate in brainstorming collectively

Both a & b

Large focus groups are difficult to handle because they remain vigilant because their options are already expressed

True

False

Neither one

Focus group as a secondary data collection method can help you corroborate data for validity of the data collected using other methods

True

False

Which of the following should NOT ideally be done by a professional researcher?

Requests FGD participants to maintain confidentiality of the data/information/ idea shared in the meeting

Asks FGD participants to sign a statment that they will respect the confidentiality of information discussed in the meeting.

Reminds FGD participants at the end of the meeting about their responsibility of respecting other’s privacy

All of the above

Which of the following is/are potential shortcomings of the FGDs

Small sample size (or less than three groups) is not effective

Ome participants may dominate discussions

Some participants may lead the discussion to other topics but relavent to the discussion

All of the above

Which of the following statement is TRUE about 'digital ethnography'?

Researchers can use information and communication technologies as tools to collect ethnographic data

It is called online ethnography

Ethnographer can produce richly textured reports with conveniance

Digital platform is your field of study.

All of the above

Which of the following is/are the characteristics of the ethnographic research?

It is informative descriptive and interpretive

The validity of the ethnographic data cannot be established

It is conducted in a natural setting

Informal interactions can be part of data source

All of the above

If an ethnographer fully involves as a study participant but introduces his/her role to fellow participants, this is called ethnographer’s overt involvement

True

False

Sociogram refers to:

Descriptions that reveal aspects of the subject through

The physical removal of the researchers from the research setting

A systematic method for classifying similar events, actions, objects, people, or places into discrete groupings.

None of the above

Certificate of confidentiality, protects researchers from revealing confidential information collected during the research process to someone not involved in the research.

True

False

NEITHER true or false

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