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9. In what way does the thematic analysis of interview data suggest quantification?
a) It demands the use of computer programs like SPSS
b) It is based on numbers rather than text
c) It involves establishing the frequency of particular words, phrases or themes
d) It is usually followed by a stage of rigorous statistical testing
10. How does quantification help the qualitative researcher avoid being accused of
anecdotalism?
a) By allowing them to focus on extreme examples in the data and ignore the rest
b) By providing a structure to an otherwise unstructured dataset
c) By making it more likely that official statistics will be included in their report
d) By providing some idea of the prevalence of an usual or striking response
Chapter 25. Mixed methods research: combining quantitative and qualitative
research
1. What is the name of one of the arguments that suggests that research methods are inextricably
linked to epistemological commitments?
a) Triangulation argument
b) Postmodern argument
c) Embedded methods argument
d) Positivist argument
2. Which version of the debate about multi-strategy research suggests that quantitative and
qualitative research are compatible?
a) Technical version
b) Methodological version
c) Epistemological version
d) Feminist version
3. What is triangulation?
a) Using three quantitative or three qualitative methods in a project
b) Cross-checking the results found by different research strategies
c) Allowing theoretical concepts to emerge from the data
d) Drawing a triangular diagram to represent the relations between three concepts
4. How might qualitative research facilitate quantitative research?
a) By providing hypotheses that can later be tested
b) By helping with the design of survey questions
c) By informing the schedule of a structured interview
d) All of the above
5. How might quantitative research facilitate qualitative research?
a) By identifying specific groups of people to be interviewed
b) By showing the frequency of different responses to a survey item
c) By imposing a rigorous positivist framework on it
d) By combining laboratory experiments with structured observation
6. Whereas quantitative research tends to bring out a static picture of social life, qualitative
research depicts it as …
a) Symmetrical
b) Statistical
c) Processual
d) Proverbial
7. How might qualitative research help with the analysis of quantitative data?
a) By identifying a sample of respondents for a follow-up study
b) By providing hard, statistical data about them
c) By making the research more value-laden and subjective
d) By helping to explain the relationship between two variables
8. How can multi-strategy research help us to study different aspects of a phenomenon?
a) By reducing the standard deviation of scores around the mean
b) By allowing the researcher to interview first women, and then men
c) By revealing both the macro and the micro level
d) By making it unnecessary to have more than one stage in the research process
9. When might unplanned multi-stage research be described as a "salvage operation"?
a) When the researcher abandons their original strategy and starts all over again
b) When the second research strategy is used to explain unexpected or puzzling results
c) When there is a paradigm shift from quantitative to qualitative research
d) When it is ethically unsound to use only one research strategy
10. Which of the following is not a feature of multi-strategy research?
a) It is inherently superior to mono-strategy research
b) It must be competently designed and conducted
c) It must be appropriate to the research questions
d) The skills of all researchers must be well integrated
Chapter 26. E-research: using the Internet as object and method of data
collection
1. Which of the following is not a problem associated with using web sites as sources of data?
a) The sample of web sites is only as good as the keywords used to search for them
b) It is difficult to find any web sites about most topics in social research
c) New web sites are constantly appearing while others are disappearing
d) The content of web sites is likely to change as they are updated
2. What is distinctive about asynchronous online communication?
a) The interviewer and their respondents write at different times
b) It cannot take place on the World Wide Web
c) It occurs in real time, with participants responding to questions immediately
d) It cannot be conducted by email
3. What is a virtual ethnography?
a) The use of visual data rather than written texts for content analysis
b) A technique used to facilitate online focus groups
c) A study that uses participant observation but not interviewing
d) An ethnographic study of an online community or social setting
4. Which of the following is a practical problem associated with asynchronous focus groups?
a) It is difficult to send out a welcome message to participants this way
b) Moderators cannot be available online 24 hours a day
c) Not all participants will have access to the required conferencing software
d) Participants do not have enough time to write detailed responses
5. An advantage of conducting an interview online rather than face-to-face is that:
a) It saves time and money as no travelling is involved
b) Informants have more time to give detailed, considered responses
c) There is no need to transcribe the data
d) All of the above
6. Which of the following is not a disadvantage of conducting focus groups online?
a) Those who are fastest at typing may dominate the discussions
b) It is more difficult to establish rapport without non-verbal cues
c) Normally shy participants may find it easier to "speak" in this setting
d) It is easier for people to ignore questions or drop out of the study
7. The two ways of distributing on-line surveys are:
a) Quantitatively and qualitatively
b) With an interview schedule or an observation schedule
c) By email and via the World Wide Web
d) Face-to-face or by post
8. What is the main advantage of an attached email questionnaire over an embedded one?
a) It retains more of the original formatting and so tends to look more attractive
b) It requires less expertise for the respondent to open and reply to it
c) Recipients will be reassured that the message does not contain a virus
d) It is easier to code the answers from this type of questionnaire
9. Why is it argued that samples recruited online are not representative of the general population?
a) Because online researchers only use random probability sampling methods
b) Because Internet users are most likely to be white, young and middle class
c) Because women are less likely than men to volunteer for online social research
d) None of the above
10. What is the advantage of using Internet surveys to supplement traditional postal
questionnaires?
a) Postal questionnaires generally produce a higher response rate
b) It makes all of the data more directly comparable
c) Online social surveys generally produce a higher response rate
d) It allows people to respond in the way that is most convenient for them
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