Exam 10: Qualitative Data Analysis

How does a qualitative researcher examine how his or her role in the research may alter findings and interpretations? Also explain how a qualitative researcher reports on his or her role.

When a researcher is conducting interviews and enhances them by using systematic measuring techniques, the researcher is:

When a researcher understands and recognizes his or her own bias and perceptions, the researcher is engaging in:

Use the following to answer questions 16-18: In each set, match a concept from Group A to a definition or example from Group B. -Types of Analysis Group A 1. Ethnography 2. Conversation Analysis 3. Narrative Analysis 4. Grounded Theory 5. Visual sociology Group B a. Uses photographs and films as text b. Develops general propositions from patterns in observed data c. Assigns units of analysis into quasi-control groups d. Requires long periods of research in the field e. Preserves holistic accounts, such as biographies or chronologies, as unit of analysis f. Focuses on the sequence and details of conversational interaction rather than on the "stories" that people are telling

Confidence in the conclusions from a field research study is also strengthened by an honest and informative account about how the researcher interacted with subjects in the field.

Qualitative research demands a disciplined transcription schedule, so the researcher does not become overwhelmed.

The "centerpiece" of the qualitative analysis process is:

If you are concerned with how people construct reality more than describing that reality, which form of qualitative analysis would be most appropriate?

Anthropologists call the intention of representing a setting under study in the participants' own terms:

Qualitative data analysis tends to be iterative and reflexive. Explain what this means in your own words.

The goal of grounded theory is to:

Ethnographies are traditionally associated with which discipline?

What is the relationship between narrative analysis and ethnomethodology?

The credibility of the informants cannot be assessed in qualitative research.

An emic focus represents a setting in the participants' terms.

One important goal of qualitative analysis is to inductively build up a systematic theory that is based on observations. This type of theory is known as:

Which of the following explains why qualitative analysis is different from quantitative analysis?

What is a case study? Why is it used?

To interpret text literally, what must a researcher focus on?

Grounded theory requires analysts to: