Multiple choice questions

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Respondent comments which are indented within quotation marks and in italic font are known as:
interpolations. translations. interpretations. transcribed fragments.

Qualitative analysis software cannot:

find concealed data. make report writing easier. be done without training. re-analyse data easily.

After the data has been collected, the researcher is left with most of these things. Which ONE of them will give information to which the researcher was not exposed during the group itself?
Sound recordings. Respondent notes. Self-memos. Stimulus materials.

What is described here? The creation of text, charts, flow diagrams, matrices.
Data display. Grounded theory. Template analysis. Analytical induction.

What is described here? These procedures are designed to develop an explanation. They are not designed to test existing theory.
Template analysis. Analytical induction. Data display. Grounded theory.

Researchers have hesitated to welcome software for qualitative research because:

software is not available. of time needed to analyse. of cost of analysis. it finds concealed patterns.

Analysis takes place during data collection in:

quantitative studies.

qualitative studies.

What is described here? Creating and developing a hierarchical outline of data codes or categories representing themes revealed in the data collected and the relationships between these. This is revised throughout data collection. New codes may be added, some may be deleted or they may be switched from one level to another.
Grounded theory. Analytical induction. Template analysis. Data display.

Open coding, axial coding and selective coding are procedures associated with:
data display. template analysis. analytical induction. grounded theory.

Which is the odd one out?

QSR NVivo1.3. PowerPoint. Ethnograph. NUD*IST.

What does this define? The key points that have emerged so far. Includes useful comments about the informants and the setting.
Self-memos. Summaries. Researcher's diary. Transcripts.

What does this define? A formal record of your ideas and your reflections, in a chronological format, to help you identify the development of certain ideas and the way in which your methodology developed.
Researcher's diary. Transcripts. Self-memos. Summaries.

What does this define? An informal record of the ideas, as you think of them, which may occur to you about any aspect of your research. These may be in the form of a few words or a few pages; they may be attached to other documents; they are dated.
Summaries. Transcripts. Researcher's diary. Self-memos.

What does this define? The key points that have emerged so far. Includes useful comments about the informants and the setting.
Summaries. Self-memos. Researcher's diary. Transcripts.

Which of these is an advantage of a deductively based position?

You have a clear direction. Accuracy depends on a thorough examination of findings. Accuracy depends on good planning. You are prejudging the outcome.

True or false questions

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Qualitative data collection results in non-standardised data requiring classification into categories.
True False

Even if you are not a touch typist, you will find the task of transcribing an audio-recording very quick.

True False

Qualitative data may also include the use of organisational documentation.

True False

Analytic induction is a deductively based analytic procedure.

True False

The expression 'in vivo codes' means developing a number of principal categories and related sub-categories.
True False

In qualitative research analysis actually begins before data collection ends.

True False

There is no standardised approach to collect qualitative data, so there is no clear, standard way to analyse qualitative studies.
True

False

Qualitative research can only be communicated using diagrammatic representations.

True False

It is accepted practice for qualitative research to be analysed only by people who were directly involved in the data collection and analysis processes.
True False

Interpretation can only be carried out after analysis.

True False

It is a normal practice to publish the names of people you interview.

True False

Percentages on pie charts and number on histograms are normally used in Focus Group analysis.
True False

All researchers ensure they have transcripts for each group.

True False

Open coding means taking the open responses or data and seeking some pattern. The categorisation that you derive from your data will indicate significant themes and issues and will help you consider where data collection should be focused in the future.
True False

Axial coding means adopting jargon used by the research participants.

True False