Question 1

What are the main emphases of historical research? What sorts of research questions does it address? What types of research is it most appropriate for?

Accepted Answer

-Historical research is a useful method

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT one of the general steps taken in performing a critical discourse analysis?

Accepted Answer

A)  Discuss your emerging themes with colleagues. 
B)  Keep notes around any themes you see emerging. 
C)  Move from a general research question into a more narrowly defined topic area. 
D)  Read your data numerous times to familiarize yourself with its content. 
E)  Identify the data you wish to study (i.e., the form of your text) and collect that data. 
A)  Discuss your emerging themes with colleagues. 
B)  Keep notes around any themes you see emerging. 
C)  Move from a general research question into a more narrowly defined topic area. 
D)  Read your data numerous times to familiarize yourself with its content. 
E)  Identify the data you wish to study (i.e., the form of your text) and collect that data.

Question 3

Define the following terms
-adawx

Accepted Answer

A term used by the Tsimshian of the Nort

Question 4

Primary historical evidence on racism in British Columbia in the early 1900s would potentially include which of the following items?

Accepted Answer

A)  An article written in 1972 titled "White Canada Forever" 
B)  A Vancouver police department report found in the back of an old filing cabinet detailing police raids on Japanese Canadian businesses conducted in 1928 
C)  A magazine article in last month's Maclean's magazine comparing recent attempts to change immigration laws with the Chinese Canadian Head Tax years 
D)  Signed documents by mining company owners on illegal labour practices against Japanese Canadians 
E)  B and D only 
A)  An article written in 1972 titled "White Canada Forever" 
B)  A Vancouver police department report found in the back of an old filing cabinet detailing police raids on Japanese Canadian businesses conducted in 1928 
C)  A magazine article in last month's Maclean's magazine comparing recent attempts to change immigration laws with the Chinese Canadian Head Tax years 
D)  Signed documents by mining company owners on illegal labour practices against Japanese Canadians 
E)  B and D only

Question 5

Define the following terms
-directed content analysis

Accepted Answer

A type of qualitativ

Question 6

Define the following terms
-post facto explanations

Accepted Answer

After-the-

Question 7

Which social theorist is most closely associated with critical discourse analysis?

Accepted Answer

A)  Max Weber 
B)  Michel Foucault 
C)  Rutherford 
D)  Emile Durkheim 
E)  Karl Marx 
A)  Max Weber 
B)  Michel Foucault 
C)  Rutherford 
D)  Emile Durkheim 
E)  Karl Marx

Question 8

Graduate student Fanny Farquarson's thesis involves qualitative content analysis of self-help literature for men in unhappy marriages.Before commencing with analysis,Fanny reviews existing theory on gender and marriage and uses it to develop coding categories.Which approach to qualitative content analysis identified by Hsiu-Fang and Shannon (2005)is Fanny using?

Accepted Answer

A)  Directed 
B)  Summative 
C)  Conventional 
D)  Inductive 
E)  Deductive 
A)  Directed 
B)  Summative 
C)  Conventional 
D)  Inductive 
E)  Deductive

Question 9

Describe five specific similarities between historical research and field studies.Be certain to emphasize how both approaches are firmly grounded in the interpretive approach in social science research.

Accepted Answer

-Both historical research and field rese

Question 10

Describe five features that are specific and unique to historical research.

Accepted Answer

-Historical research usually relies on l

Question 11

Which of the following is a characteristic of a distinct historical research method?

Accepted Answer

A)  It focuses on the macro-level only and excludes the micro-level. 
B)  It tests hypotheses about precisely operationalized variables. 
C)  It uses a deductive approach. 
D)  It sees causality as contingent and uses combinational explanation. 
E)  None of the above. 
A)  It focuses on the macro-level only and excludes the micro-level. 
B)  It tests hypotheses about precisely operationalized variables. 
C)  It uses a deductive approach. 
D)  It sees causality as contingent and uses combinational explanation. 
E)  None of the above.

Question 12

Define the following terms
-primary sources

Accepted Answer

In historical research,qualitative or qu

Question 13

In relation to primary sources,what two criteria does a historical researcher use in order to evaluate documents and other sources? Briefly describe this evaluation process and the kinds of issues that each mode of evaluation is concerned with.

Accepted Answer

-External criticism: Evaluating the auth

Question 14

Define the following terms
-conventional content analysis

Accepted Answer

Qualitative approach to conten

Question 15

Terry Timmons likes historical research that presents the past in a neat,tidy way.When writing up his own historical research,Terry weaves his findings about historical events and settings into coherent wholes and includes as many interesting and colourful details as possible.Which sort of historical writing does Terry produce?

Accepted Answer

A)  Discursive history 
B)  Contingent history 
C)  Recollected history 
D)  Oral history 
E)  Narrative history 
A)  Discursive history 
B)  Contingent history 
C)  Recollected history 
D)  Oral history 
E)  Narrative history

Question 16

Which of the following statements best describes the fundamental premises of oral history?

Accepted Answer

A)  Oral history consists of the events, beliefs, or feelings in the past that were directly experienced. 
B)  Oral history is a type of writing about a historical setting in which the writer attempts to "tell a story" by following chronological order, describing particular people and events, and focusing on many colourful details. 
C)  Oral history precisely measures and operationalizes variables. 
D)  Oral history is information about events or settings that is documented or written later by historians or others who did not directly participate in the events or setting. 
E)  Oral history consists of files, records, or documents that are maintained in a relatively consistent manner over a period of time. 
A)  Oral history consists of the events, beliefs, or feelings in the past that were directly experienced. 
B)  Oral history is a type of writing about a historical setting in which the writer attempts to "tell a story" by following chronological order, describing particular people and events, and focusing on many colourful details. 
C)  Oral history precisely measures and operationalizes variables. 
D)  Oral history is information about events or settings that is documented or written later by historians or others who did not directly participate in the events or setting. 
E)  Oral history consists of files, records, or documents that are maintained in a relatively consistent manner over a period of time.

Question 17

Define the following terms
-history

Accepted Answer

History means the events of the past (e.

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT one of the steps in historical research projects?

Accepted Answer

A)  Locating evidence 
B)  Compressing data 
C)  Organizing evidence 
D)  Synthesizing 
E)  Writing a report 
A)  Locating evidence 
B)  Compressing data 
C)  Organizing evidence 
D)  Synthesizing 
E)  Writing a report

Question 19

Historical research helps a researcher identify aspects of social life that are

Accepted Answer

A)  specific to a particular point in time. 
B)  general across time or units. 
C)  hidden within a particular context. 
D)  narrowly defined within a particular historical context. 
E)  empirically specific to one unit of analysis. 
A)  specific to a particular point in time. 
B)  general across time or units. 
C)  hidden within a particular context. 
D)  narrowly defined within a particular historical context. 
E)  empirically specific to one unit of analysis.

What are the main emphases of historical research? What sorts of research questions does it address? What types of research is it most appropriate for?

Which of the following is NOT one of the general steps taken in performing a critical discourse analysis?

Define the following terms -adawx

Primary historical evidence on racism in British Columbia in the early 1900s would potentially include which of the following items?

Define the following terms -directed content analysis

Define the following terms -post facto explanations

Which social theorist is most closely associated with critical discourse analysis?

Describe five specific similarities between historical research and field studies.Be certain to emphasize how both approaches are firmly grounded in the interpretive approach in social science research.

Describe five features that are specific and unique to historical research.

Which of the following is a characteristic of a distinct historical research method?

Define the following terms -primary sources

In relation to primary sources,what two criteria does a historical researcher use in order to evaluate documents and other sources? Briefly describe this evaluation process and the kinds of issues that each mode of evaluation is concerned with.

Define the following terms -conventional content analysis

Which of the following statements best describes the fundamental premises of oral history?

Define the following terms -history

Which of the following is NOT one of the steps in historical research projects?

Historical research helps a researcher identify aspects of social life that are

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

Analysis of Qualitative Data

Combining Methods in Social Science Research

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Exam 14: Nonreactive Qualitative Research

What are the main emphases of historical research? What sorts of research questions does it address? What types of research is it most appropriate for?

Which of the following is NOT one of the general steps taken in performing a critical discourse analysis?

Define the following terms -adawx

Primary historical evidence on racism in British Columbia in the early 1900s would potentially include which of the following items?

Define the following terms -directed content analysis

Define the following terms -post facto explanations

Which social theorist is most closely associated with critical discourse analysis?

Describe five specific similarities between historical research and field studies.Be certain to emphasize how both approaches are firmly grounded in the interpretive approach in social science research.

Describe five features that are specific and unique to historical research.

Which of the following is a characteristic of a distinct historical research method?

Define the following terms -primary sources

In relation to primary sources,what two criteria does a historical researcher use in order to evaluate documents and other sources? Briefly describe this evaluation process and the kinds of issues that each mode of evaluation is concerned with.

Define the following terms -conventional content analysis

Which of the following statements best describes the fundamental premises of oral history?

Define the following terms -history

Which of the following is NOT one of the steps in historical research projects?

Historical research helps a researcher identify aspects of social life that are

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

Analysis of Qualitative Data

Combining Methods in Social Science Research

Filters