Exam 1: Perspectives on Research

Social facts play a role in positivist inquiry

A researcher wants to engage in phenomenologism in her research approach. Which of the following items is inconsistent with being a phenomenologist?

Rapport is more important in ______ research than ______.

The epistemological priorities are the same for quantitative and qualitative approaches.

Mixed-methods approaches reflect which philosophical tradition?

______ researchers are more likely to believe that behavior only has meaning in context.

Quantitative and qualitative research cannot exist collaboratively.

The ______ approach involves making predictions and assessing success while the ______ approach invovles building theory.

______ implies that "there is a reality out there that exists independent of the researcher that can be understood and awaits our discovery."

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic used to distinguish between quantitative and qualitative research?

Consider the researcher and participant relationships in both quantitative and qualitative research. Explain the benefits and limitations of each approach and highlight any barriers regarding achieving the desired relationship between the researcher and participants. Apply this explanation and choose a circumstance in which one approach should be chosen over the other.

Describe social facts and discuss what researchers learn from this information.

Which of the following would be considered field research?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of quantitative research?

According to Darwin, human behavior can be explained using the same principles that govern any other organism.

Rate data are outside of the influence of the researcher.

When choosing research focus quantitative researchers prefer ______, whereas qualitative researchers prefer ______.