Question 1

Advocates of PAR equate access to information with power.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Qualitative field researchers must always participate in what they are studying.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

A researcher who sits in a corner and observes people's behavior at a sports bar is conducting observer as participant research.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The extended case method brings together case studies and the evaluation of theory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which one of the following is NOT a topic particularly appropriate for field research?

Accepted Answer

A) attitudes and behaviors best understood in their natural settings 
B) social processes over time 
C) events taking place within a relatively limited area and time 
D) the effect of watching a video in a laboratory on prejudice 
E) studying consequences of natural disasters 
A) attitudes and behaviors best understood in their natural settings 
B) social processes over time 
C) events taking place within a relatively limited area and time 
D) the effect of watching a video in a laboratory on prejudice 
E) studying consequences of natural disasters

Question 6

The complete participant must be a genuine member of the group that he or she is studying.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Case studies may be descriptive or explanatory.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In addition to performing interviews for research purposes,Piet began to serve as a resource to them by providing contacts for social services.He worked with them to understand their problems and how they could be remedied,and directed his research in a way that would benefit them and reduce their plight.Which paradigm did Piet use?

Accepted Answer

A) participatory action research 
B) case study 
C) ethnography 
D) naturalism 
E) institutional ethnography 
A) participatory action research 
B) case study 
C) ethnography 
D) naturalism 
E) institutional ethnography

Question 9

Research that is a process of producing knowledge and political outcomes that are beneficial to oppressed people is known as

Accepted Answer

A) oppression research. 
B) civil rights research. 
C) emancipatory research. 
D) correction research. 
E) beneficial research. 
A) oppression research. 
B) civil rights research. 
C) emancipatory research. 
D) correction research. 
E) beneficial research.

Question 10

Harry,an ethnographer,lived among the homeless in Queens,New York,for a year,and has recently written a book on his observations.Based on his experiences that the homeless took care of each other in Queens,he concludes that homeless people will take care of one another in all locations.In stating that conclusion,Harry has committed the

Accepted Answer

A) ecological fallacy. 
B) individual fallacy. 
C) group fallacy. 
D) aggregate fallacy. 
E) ethnographic fallacy. 
A) ecological fallacy. 
B) individual fallacy. 
C) group fallacy. 
D) aggregate fallacy. 
E) ethnographic fallacy.

Question 11

In reviewing the detailed and accurate descriptions of the stories told by battered women living in a shelter,an ethnomethodologist would say that the battered women in the shelter were

Accepted Answer

A) describing their socially constructed reality. 
B) reporting their world as they made sense of it. 
C) describing their world "as it really is." 
D) telling us how and why the world made sense to them. 
E) describing their socially constructed reality and reporting their world as they made sense of it. 
A) describing their socially constructed reality. 
B) reporting their world as they made sense of it. 
C) describing their world "as it really is." 
D) telling us how and why the world made sense to them. 
E) describing their socially constructed reality and reporting their world as they made sense of it.

Question 12

Select a topic.Describe how a complete participant and a complete observer might study that same topic.

Accepted Answer

One possible topic for study could be th

Question 13

Describe the stages a researcher must go through to conduct a qualitative field interview.

Accepted Answer

The stages a researcher must go through

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of focus groups?

Accepted Answer

A) Focus group moderators require special skills. 
B) Focus group data are easy to analyze. 
C) Focus groups are often difficult to assemble. 
D) Focus groups allow for multiple viewpoints to be heard.. 
E) Focus groups afford the researcher less control than individual interviews.. 
A) Focus group moderators require special skills. 
B) Focus group data are easy to analyze. 
C) Focus groups are often difficult to assemble. 
D) Focus groups allow for multiple viewpoints to be heard.. 
E) Focus groups afford the researcher less control than individual interviews..

Question 15

Focus groups are typically used in

Accepted Answer

A) post-experiment debriefing. 
B) educational research. 
C) developing a theory. 
D) marketing research. 
E) therapy 
A) post-experiment debriefing. 
B) educational research. 
C) developing a theory. 
D) marketing research. 
E) therapy

Question 16

Which of the following exemplifies a breaching experiment?

Accepted Answer

A) Walking into an elevator and turning to face the door. 
B) Opening an umbrella on a beautiful day. 
C) Closing an umbrella after the rain ends. 
D) Looking at the sky when birds fly by. 
E) Wearing sunglasses on a sunny day. 
A) Walking into an elevator and turning to face the door. 
B) Opening an umbrella on a beautiful day. 
C) Closing an umbrella after the rain ends. 
D) Looking at the sky when birds fly by. 
E) Wearing sunglasses on a sunny day.

Question 17

Your field notes should record what you know happened,NOT what you think happened.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The most appropriate first step in field research is to

Accepted Answer

A) identify informants. 
B) search the relevant literature. 
C) establish rapport with the people to be observed. 
D) write a draft of your final report. 
E) write a proposal 
A) identify informants. 
B) search the relevant literature. 
C) establish rapport with the people to be observed. 
D) write a draft of your final report. 
E) write a proposal

Question 19

The questions we want to answer in our research determine the types of methods we need to use.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Professor Milne was preparing to do some qualitative interviewing in a field research project.Milne,mostly a quantitative researcher knew that you were a research methods student and asked for your advice.You told Milne to be sure NOT to

Accepted Answer

A) be willing to alter the specific wording of questions. 
B) be conversational when using probes with each participant. 
C) be willing to alter the order of questions if appropriate. 
D) stick to the script, making sure not to deviate from what was planned. 
E) be respectful and willing to go off topic with the participant. 
A) be willing to alter the specific wording of questions. 
B) be conversational when using probes with each participant. 
C) be willing to alter the order of questions if appropriate. 
D) stick to the script, making sure not to deviate from what was planned. 
E) be respectful and willing to go off topic with the participant.

Advocates of PAR equate access to information with power.

Qualitative field researchers must always participate in what they are studying.

A researcher who sits in a corner and observes people's behavior at a sports bar is conducting observer as participant research.

The extended case method brings together case studies and the evaluation of theory.

Which one of the following is NOT a topic particularly appropriate for field research?

The complete participant must be a genuine member of the group that he or she is studying.

Case studies may be descriptive or explanatory.

Research that is a process of producing knowledge and political outcomes that are beneficial to oppressed people is known as

In reviewing the detailed and accurate descriptions of the stories told by battered women living in a shelter,an ethnomethodologist would say that the battered women in the shelter were

Select a topic.Describe how a complete participant and a complete observer might study that same topic.

Describe the stages a researcher must go through to conduct a qualitative field interview.

Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of focus groups?

Focus groups are typically used in

Which of the following exemplifies a breaching experiment?

Your field notes should record what you know happened,NOT what you think happened.

The most appropriate first step in field research is to

The questions we want to answer in our research determine the types of methods we need to use.

Professor Milne was preparing to do some qualitative interviewing in a field research project.Milne,mostly a quantitative researcher knew that you were a research methods student and asked for your advice.You told Milne to be sure NOT to

Human Inquiry and Science

Paradigms,theory,and Social Research

The Ethics and Politics of Social Research

Research Design

Conceptualization, operationalization, and Measurement

Indexes, scales, and Typologies

The Logic of Sampling

Experiments

Survey Research

Unobtrusive Research

Evaluation Research

Qualitative Data Analysis

Quantitative Data Analysis

The Logic of Multivariate Analysis

Statistical Analyses

Reading and Writing Social Research

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Exam 10: Qualitative Field Research

Advocates of PAR equate access to information with power.

Qualitative field researchers must always participate in what they are studying.

A researcher who sits in a corner and observes people's behavior at a sports bar is conducting observer as participant research.

The extended case method brings together case studies and the evaluation of theory.

Which one of the following is NOT a topic particularly appropriate for field research?

The complete participant must be a genuine member of the group that he or she is studying.

Case studies may be descriptive or explanatory.

Research that is a process of producing knowledge and political outcomes that are beneficial to oppressed people is known as

In reviewing the detailed and accurate descriptions of the stories told by battered women living in a shelter,an ethnomethodologist would say that the battered women in the shelter were

Select a topic.Describe how a complete participant and a complete observer might study that same topic.

Describe the stages a researcher must go through to conduct a qualitative field interview.

Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of focus groups?

Focus groups are typically used in

Which of the following exemplifies a breaching experiment?

Your field notes should record what you know happened,NOT what you think happened.

The most appropriate first step in field research is to

The questions we want to answer in our research determine the types of methods we need to use.

Professor Milne was preparing to do some qualitative interviewing in a field research project.Milne,mostly a quantitative researcher knew that you were a research methods student and asked for your advice.You told Milne to be sure NOT to

Human Inquiry and Science

Paradigms,theory,and Social Research

The Ethics and Politics of Social Research

Research Design

Conceptualization, operationalization, and Measurement

Indexes, scales, and Typologies

The Logic of Sampling

Experiments

Survey Research

Unobtrusive Research

Evaluation Research

Qualitative Data Analysis

Quantitative Data Analysis

The Logic of Multivariate Analysis

Statistical Analyses

Reading and Writing Social Research

Filters