Exam 10: Qualitative Methods

Thick description attempts to convey a sense of what it is like to experience something from the standpoint of the ______.

Qualitative research has its origins in fieldwork conducted by anthropologists and sociologists in the early 20th century.

A description that provides a sense of what it is like to experience that setting from the standpoint of the natural actors in that setting is called a(n)______.

Identify and explain the three main reasons listed by Krueger and Casey (2009)on when researchers should avoid using focus groups in their projects.

Reactive effects in participant observation can be reduced by ______.

Which of the following is not an ethical issues that should be given particular attention in field research concern?

Writing field notes ______.

Intensive interviewing and focus groups should be conducted until ______.

Reactive effects tend to be greatest when a researcher takes the role of a complete observer.

Ethnographic research is called ______ because it seeks to describe and understand the natural social world as it is.

Which of the following about case studies is FALSE?

Qualitative researchers use extraordinary efforts to make sure objectivity is achieved in research.

Intensive interviewing is designed to find out about people's ______.

Which of the following is NOT a feature of qualitative research designs?

What does the saturation point refer to?

Intensive interviews are weaker than participation on which of the following?

Which of the following is NOT a limitation associated with covert participation?

During data collection in qualitative research,corroboration with new observations strengthens emerging analytic connections.

Qualitative research has strength in its ability to consider context.

Qualitative research usually uses deductive reasoning.