Question 1

For which type of quantitative social science research is the "interview(er)effect" most likely to be a problem?

Accepted Answer

A) Survey research 
B) Nonreactive research 
C) Qualitative interviewing 
D) Quantitative content analysis 
E) Field studies 
A) Survey research 
B) Nonreactive research 
C) Qualitative interviewing 
D) Quantitative content analysis 
E) Field studies

Question 2

Identify two of the five major qualitative approaches treated in your text and discuss their disadvantages.

Accepted Answer

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-Qualitative interviews
-interviewer e

Question 3

What are the major advantages and disadvantages common to all quantitative approaches?

Accepted Answer

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-Advantages of quantitative approaches

Question 4

________ approaches assume that facts are objective,that they can be collected by value-free researchers,and that the pursuit of truth can be achieved through the testing of causal hypotheses.

Accepted Answer

A) Explanatory 
B) Positivist 
C) Nonreactive 
D) Qualitative 
E) Survey-based 
A) Explanatory 
B) Positivist 
C) Nonreactive 
D) Qualitative 
E) Survey-based

Question 5

What is one of the major disadvantages of using qualitative interviews compared to other qualitative forms of data collection?

Accepted Answer

A) There is always the problem of the &#8220;interviewer effect.&#8221; 
B) There is always the problem of the &#8220;polarization effect.&#8221; 
C) Accessing some individuals or groups may prove to very difficult. 
D) The sources may be biased. 
E) A fairly limited range of research questions can be addressed with this technique. 
A) There is always the problem of the &#8220;interviewer effect.&#8221; 
B) There is always the problem of the &#8220;polarization effect.&#8221; 
C) Accessing some individuals or groups may prove to very difficult. 
D) The sources may be biased. 
E) A fairly limited range of research questions can be addressed with this technique.

Question 6

Discuss the kinds of decisions a researcher must make in terms of sequential and concurrent data collection and analysis when designing a mixed methods study.What procedures must be followed?

Accepted Answer

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-Sequential data collection: When a qu

Question 7

What is one of the major disadvantages of using existing statistics compared to other quantitative forms of data collection?

Accepted Answer

A) The sample is often limited to university undergraduates. 
B) Interviewer effect can be an issue. 
C) A fairly limited range of research questions can be addressed with this technique. 
D) It can take the researcher a considerable amount of time to become acquainted with the data. 
E) The conditions under which the research and data gathering take place are often artificial. 
A) The sample is often limited to university undergraduates. 
B) Interviewer effect can be an issue. 
C) A fairly limited range of research questions can be addressed with this technique. 
D) It can take the researcher a considerable amount of time to become acquainted with the data. 
E) The conditions under which the research and data gathering take place are often artificial.

Question 8

What is one of the major disadvantages of using focus groups compared to other qualitative forms of data collection?

Accepted Answer

A) There is always the problem of the &#8220;interviewer effect.&#8221; 
B) There is always the problem of the &#8220;polarization effect.&#8221; 
C) Accessing some individuals or groups may prove to very difficult. 
D) The sources may be biased. 
E) A fairly limited range of research questions can be addressed with this technique. 
A) There is always the problem of the &#8220;interviewer effect.&#8221; 
B) There is always the problem of the &#8220;polarization effect.&#8221; 
C) Accessing some individuals or groups may prove to very difficult. 
D) The sources may be biased. 
E) A fairly limited range of research questions can be addressed with this technique.

Question 9

Define the following:sequential data analysis

Accepted Answer

When the first part

Question 10

Identify two of the five major qualitative approaches treated in your text and discuss their advantages.

Accepted Answer

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-Qualitative interviews
-allow partici

Question 11

What are the strengths and limitations of mixed methods research incorporating both quantitative and qualitative approaches? Do you think a researcher should strive to use mixed methods research? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

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-Strengths
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-Rich text,narrative,and

Question 12

What is one of the major advantages of field research compared to other qualitative approaches?

Accepted Answer

A) Participants in the study tend to feel empowered. 
B) Participants can give accounts in their own words and unexpected responses are encouraged. 
C) It&#8217;s possible to make comparisons across time and space. 
D) The researcher is able to gain a deep understanding of a group and its members. 
E) Implied meanings in &#8220;text&#8221;situations can be revealed. 
A) Participants in the study tend to feel empowered. 
B) Participants can give accounts in their own words and unexpected responses are encouraged. 
C) It&#8217;s possible to make comparisons across time and space. 
D) The researcher is able to gain a deep understanding of a group and its members. 
E) Implied meanings in &#8220;text&#8221;situations can be revealed.

Question 13

What is one of the major advantages of using focus groups compared to other qualitative forms of data collection?

Accepted Answer

A) Participants tend to feel empowered. 
B) Participants can give accounts in their own words and unexpected responses are encouraged. 
C) It&#8217;s possible to make comparisons across time and space. 
D) The researcher is able to gain a deep understanding of a group and its members. 
E) Implied meanings in &#8220;text&#8221;situations can be revealed. 
A) Participants tend to feel empowered. 
B) Participants can give accounts in their own words and unexpected responses are encouraged. 
C) It&#8217;s possible to make comparisons across time and space. 
D) The researcher is able to gain a deep understanding of a group and its members. 
E) Implied meanings in &#8220;text&#8221;situations can be revealed.

Question 14

What is one of the major advantages of using qualitative historical research methods compared to other qualitative forms of data collection?

Accepted Answer

A) It is nonreactive. 
B) Data collection allows the researcher to formulate a deep understanding of a group and its members. 
C) It is limited by the availability and quality of documents and data. 
D) Using existing sources frees up the immense amount of time that the data collection procedure can take. 
E) It does not involve a sampling phase. 
A) It is nonreactive. 
B) Data collection allows the researcher to formulate a deep understanding of a group and its members. 
C) It is limited by the availability and quality of documents and data. 
D) Using existing sources frees up the immense amount of time that the data collection procedure can take. 
E) It does not involve a sampling phase.

Question 15

In social scientific research,__________ design is the opposite of mixed methods design.

Accepted Answer

A) priority 
B) concurrent 
C) sequential 
D) univariate 
E) monostrand 
A) priority 
B) concurrent 
C) sequential 
D) univariate 
E) monostrand

Question 16

Define the following:sequence

Accepted Answer

In mixed methods res

Question 17

In mixed methods research,__________ data collection refers to when data for different parts of a mixed methods project are collected in stages,while __________ data collection refers to when qualitative and quantitative data are collected at the same time.

Accepted Answer

A) concurrent;sequential 
B) sequential;concurrent 
C) monostrand;multi-method 
D) multi-method;monostrand 
E) systematic;simple 
A) concurrent;sequential 
B) sequential;concurrent 
C) monostrand;multi-method 
D) multi-method;monostrand 
E) systematic;simple

Question 18

Define the following:institutional ethnography (IE)

Accepted Answer

A specific methodological approach where

Question 19

Identify two of the four major quantitative approaches treated in your text and discuss their disadvantages.

Accepted Answer

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-Survey research
-respondents may unde

Question 20

Which of the following is not one of the weaknesses of mixed methods research?

Accepted Answer

A) It is very labour intensive. 
B) It can be very expensive. 
C) Conflicting results can be difficult to resolve. 
D) Generalizability of findings decreases. 
E) Some &#8220;purists&#8221;argue mixing methods violates the philosophical underpinnings of these approaches. 
A) It is very labour intensive. 
B) It can be very expensive. 
C) Conflicting results can be difficult to resolve. 
D) Generalizability of findings decreases. 
E) Some &#8220;purists&#8221;argue mixing methods violates the philosophical underpinnings of these approaches.

For which type of quantitative social science research is the "interview(er)effect" most likely to be a problem?

Identify two of the five major qualitative approaches treated in your text and discuss their disadvantages.

What are the major advantages and disadvantages common to all quantitative approaches?

________ approaches assume that facts are objective,that they can be collected by value-free researchers,and that the pursuit of truth can be achieved through the testing of causal hypotheses.

What is one of the major disadvantages of using qualitative interviews compared to other qualitative forms of data collection?

Discuss the kinds of decisions a researcher must make in terms of sequential and concurrent data collection and analysis when designing a mixed methods study.What procedures must be followed?

What is one of the major disadvantages of using existing statistics compared to other quantitative forms of data collection?

What is one of the major disadvantages of using focus groups compared to other qualitative forms of data collection?

Define the following:sequential data analysis

Identify two of the five major qualitative approaches treated in your text and discuss their advantages.

What are the strengths and limitations of mixed methods research incorporating both quantitative and qualitative approaches? Do you think a researcher should strive to use mixed methods research? Why or why not?

What is one of the major advantages of field research compared to other qualitative approaches?

What is one of the major advantages of using focus groups compared to other qualitative forms of data collection?

What is one of the major advantages of using qualitative historical research methods compared to other qualitative forms of data collection?

In social scientific research,__________ design is the opposite of mixed methods design.

Define the following:sequence

In mixed methods research, data collection refers to when data for different parts of a mixed methods project are collected in stages,while data collection refers to when qualitative and quantitative data are collected at the same time.

Define the following:institutional ethnography (IE)

Identify two of the four major quantitative approaches treated in your text and discuss their disadvantages.

Which of the following is not one of the weaknesses of mixed methods research?

Doing Social Research

Theory and Social Research

Ethics in Social Research

Reviewing the Scholarly Literature and Planning a Study

Designing a Study

Qualitative and Quantitative Measurement

Qualitative and Quantitative Sampling

Survey Research

Experimental Research

Nonreactive Quantitative Research and Secondary Analysis

Analysis of Quantitative Data

Qualitative Interviewing

Field Research

Nonreactive Qualitative Research

Analysis of Qualitative Data

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Exam 16: Combining Methods in Social Science Research

For which type of quantitative social science research is the "interview(er)effect" most likely to be a problem?

Identify two of the five major qualitative approaches treated in your text and discuss their disadvantages.

What are the major advantages and disadvantages common to all quantitative approaches?

________ approaches assume that facts are objective,that they can be collected by value-free researchers,and that the pursuit of truth can be achieved through the testing of causal hypotheses.

What is one of the major disadvantages of using qualitative interviews compared to other qualitative forms of data collection?

Discuss the kinds of decisions a researcher must make in terms of sequential and concurrent data collection and analysis when designing a mixed methods study.What procedures must be followed?

What is one of the major disadvantages of using existing statistics compared to other quantitative forms of data collection?

What is one of the major disadvantages of using focus groups compared to other qualitative forms of data collection?

Define the following:sequential data analysis

Identify two of the five major qualitative approaches treated in your text and discuss their advantages.

What are the strengths and limitations of mixed methods research incorporating both quantitative and qualitative approaches? Do you think a researcher should strive to use mixed methods research? Why or why not?

What is one of the major advantages of field research compared to other qualitative approaches?

What is one of the major advantages of using focus groups compared to other qualitative forms of data collection?

What is one of the major advantages of using qualitative historical research methods compared to other qualitative forms of data collection?

In social scientific research,__________ design is the opposite of mixed methods design.

Define the following:sequence

In mixed methods research,__________ data collection refers to when data for different parts of a mixed methods project are collected in stages,while __________ data collection refers to when qualitative and quantitative data are collected at the same time.

Define the following:institutional ethnography (IE)

Identify two of the four major quantitative approaches treated in your text and discuss their disadvantages.

Which of the following is not one of the weaknesses of mixed methods research?

Doing Social Research

Theory and Social Research

Ethics in Social Research

Reviewing the Scholarly Literature and Planning a Study

Designing a Study

Qualitative and Quantitative Measurement

Qualitative and Quantitative Sampling

Survey Research

Experimental Research

Nonreactive Quantitative Research and Secondary Analysis

Analysis of Quantitative Data

Qualitative Interviewing

Field Research

Nonreactive Qualitative Research

Analysis of Qualitative Data

Filters

In mixed methods research, data collection refers to when data for different parts of a mixed methods project are collected in stages,while data collection refers to when qualitative and quantitative data are collected at the same time.