Exam 3: Qualitative Approaches to Research

Participant observation often requires months or years of intensive work.

Methods of collecting data that do not interfere in the lives of the respondents are referred to as _______________.

In _______________,although the researcher may have some initial guiding questions or core concepts to ask about,there is no formal structured instrument or protocol.

Aisha is interested in individuals with severe persistent mental illness who train their own psychiatric service dogs.She spends months documenting this process with one particular individual who has schizophrenia and is training his own service dog.Aisha's study is best described as a(n)____.approach.

The identification of major ideas in a document or set of documents referred to as _______________.

An unobtrusive measure that occurs naturally in a research context is called a(n)____ measure.

When the ____ approach is used,research begins with raising generative questions that help guide the research but are not intended to be either static or confining.

In ______________,the researcher strives to be at a distance so as not to bias the data collection.

The qualitative research method that turns researchers into participants,participants into researchers,and data into action,is known as _______________.

Narrative 3-1 Lincoln wants to learn more about issues related to underage drinking on campus,and arranges for a series of meetings in which the topic will be discussed.Specific categories of individuals (e.g. ,underage vs.of-age,living on vs.off campus,etc. )are invited to the meetings,which are recorded while the individuals discuss questions related to underage drinking.​ -Lincoln analyzes the data from his study and treats each participant statement as a chunk,or ____.

Karla wants to better understand the everyday experiences of individuals with paranoid schizophrenia and how the symptoms of their schizophrenia impact their interactions with others.She has identified an individual who is willing to be a part of the research,which is best termed ____.

Cal wants to better understand the attitudes towards children who murder other children.He collects media coverage of recent incidents and uses a computer program to scan through and identify the occurrence of certain words and phrases.Cal is using ____.

Beth works for a family resource network and coordinates as well as participates in a peer parenting support group for the parents of children with special needs.She has developed an evaluation plan that relies on the program participants for data collection and that will use the data to further develop the program.This approach is best termed ____.

Transferability refers to the degree to which the results of qualitative research can be generalized to other contexts or settings.

The most significant change technique involves ____.

Research that uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods is referred to as _______________.

Michelle is a health psychologist who has come to recognize that the phenomenon of parents who refuse to vaccinate their children cannot be accounted for by any of the prevailing approaches to health decision-making.She works with a group of parents,and through repeated observation and subsequent refinement of her ideas,develops an approach that can account for both decisions to vaccinate and decisions to not vaccinate.This approach is best termed ____.

All qualitative data can be coded quantitatively.

Objectivity is to quantitative research as ____ is to qualitative research.

The emphasis in ____ is on studying a phenomenon in the context of its culture.