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Multiple Choice: Choose the letter of the best answer.
1. Which of the following types of studies is considered a qualitative study?
a. Correlational b. Ethnographic
c. Comparative d. Methodological
2. Case studies may concern an in- depth examination of
a. individuals b. groups of peoples
c. institutions d. all the above
3. Consider this title: “The Lived Experience of Surviving a Typhoon. “This
title would indicate which of the following types of qualitative research?
a. Ethnographic b. Phenomenological
c. Historical d. Grounded Theory
4. The review of literature in qualitative research is.
a. never conducted prior to the beginning of the study.
b. sometimes conducted prior to the beginning of the study.
c. always conducted prior to the beginning of the study.
d. all of the above
5. Which of the following is a characteristic of a qualitative research?
a. Control over the context b. Deductive Progress
c. Fixed Research Design d. Inductive Progress
6. Characteristics of qualitative research design are
a. Flexible and elastic design
b. Ongoing analysis to formulate subsequent strategies
c. Researcher becomes the instrument
d. All of the above
 7. The process of qualitative research is characterized by which of the
following?
a. Deduction b. Induction
c. Proportion d. Reduction
8. Which of the following describes the purpose of Qualitative Research?
a. It answers questions and illuminates issues that cannot be answered
by quantitative methods.
b. It describes and answers questions about participants and contexts.
c. It explores a phenomenon to understand it.
d. All of the above.
9. Which of the following describes an important reason for exploring
qualitative topics?
a. Qualitative research can identify differences in the meaning of activities
and practices across situations that appear on a surface quite similar in
nature.
b. Qualitative research can provide understanding of a particular setting
or contextually relevant situation.
c. Qualitative research has the potential to provide insight into situations
that increases our understanding of them.
d. All of the above
10. Which of the following describes the disciplined inquiry of qualitative
research?
a. The research emphasizes the voices of the participants.
b. The research is investigative.
c. The research is rigorous in terms of data collection and analysis.
d. All of the above
11. Which of the following characterizes the qualitative research?
a. It is a sequential process in which each step is completed before moving
to the next step.
b. It is sequential process beginning with the review of the literature and
ending with a report.
c. It is haphazard, undisciplined process with no true beginning or end.
d. It is emerging process beginning with the identification of the topic and
moving back and forth across steps as the phenomena under study
become understood.
12. Which of the following characterizes qualitative research?
a. Collect data, develop the topic, review the literature, analyze data,
interpret data, report findings.
b. Develop the topic, review the literature, identify participants, interpret data,
report findings.
c. Develop the topic, review the literature, select participants, collect data,
analyze and interpret data, report findings.
d. Select participants, develop the problem, report findings.
13. Which of the following terms describes the nature of a qualitative research
question?
a. Emergent b. Fixed c. Illogical d. Static
14. Which of the following is a characteristic of good qualitative research topic?
a. A sense of the general topic from which the question will evolve.
b. A specific definitive question
c. The identification of specific variables and their relationships
d. The need for researcher’s control and manipulation
15. Which of the following is not general feature that characterizes qualitative
research most?
a. holistic perspective b. inflexible design
c. naturalistic inquiry d. personal contact and insight
16. Compared to quantitative reports, qualitative research reports are.
a. Less biased b. less interpretative c. more reflexive
c. More detailed in explanation of procedures. d. more objective
17. Qualitative research view changes in procedures during a study as
a. A good thing b. A weakness
c. Frustrating d. To be avoided.
 18. Which of the following is NOT a characterized feature of a
qualitative Research?
a. emergent design b. positive paradigm
c. seek to explore phenomena d. use semi- structured method
19. Which is a characteristic of qualitative research methods?
a. Introduction of a treatment b. Naturalistic Inquiry
c. Random Sampling d. Use of a control group
20. Identify which of the following is NOT an example of qualitative research:
a. Analyzing how the legal frameworks regarding gun control have changed
over the past 30 years.
b. Analyzing the correlation between the number of guns sold and the number
of gun crime victims.
c. Analyzing the diary of a person who has committed multiple accounts of gun
– related violence.
d. Analyzing the transcripts of trials involving gun violence.