Question 1

A main feature of focus group interviews is

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A)  that the group being interviewed should be as heterogeneous as possible.
B)  that the group being interviewed should be as homogeneous as possible.
C)  that the group being interviewed should be as diverse as possible.
D)  that the researcher should use a wide variety of related research questions.
E)  that the individuals who make up the focus group should be made up of a variety of age categories,ethnic groups,and occupational backgrounds. B

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of a "specifying question" in qualitative interviewing?

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A)  Why do you think people smoke?
B)  How many people in your social network smoke?
C)  Do you think smoking for all those years has affected your current health?
D)  What made you decide to quit smoking?
E)  Why do you think your family wanted you to quit smoking? D

Question 3

Define the following:
-incentive

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A general term for the remuneration given to research participants,often in the form of cash.

Question 4

Discuss the main features of focus groups under the following headings: the structure of the focus group,the role of the focus group facilitator,the number of groups in a focus group study,and focus group dynamics.

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Question 5

In order to increase the trustworthiness of their qualitative interview data,researchers should ensure that

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A)  their data is made available to other interested researchers who may want to reanalyze it.
B)  they interview their respondents more than once.
C)  they develop research questions prior to conducting their interviews.
D)  their respondents are telling the truth.
E)  they select participants who are as homogeneous as possible.

Question 6

What are five specific limitations of focus groups?

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Question 7

Specify and describe four features of qualitative interviews that would be considered an advantage over quantitative structured interviews.

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Question 8

A question that begins with,"From what you've told me,your experience can be summed up like…" is most likely a __________ question.

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A)  interpreting
B)  structuring
C)  specifying
D)  direct
E)  indirect

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT one of the advantages of qualitative interviews?

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A)  They allow the researcher to see the world from the interviewee's perspective.
B)  Reading reports that use qualitative interviewing for data collection is very engaging,and creates a sense of intimacy between the researcher,interviewees,and the reader.
C)  Qualitative interviews are a valuable method for studying understudied or previously understudied populations.
D)  Qualitative interview data can create theories that can give rise to future research,including quantitative research.
E)  Sample sizes are usually small in comparison to those used in quantitative research.

Question 10

List five of the ten differences between typical survey interviews and typical qualitative interviews.

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Question 11

In a typical qualitative interview,

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A)  open-ended questions are used.
B)  the interviewer shows interest in participants' responses and encourages elaboration.
C)  the beginning and end are not clear.
D)  the interviewer adjusts to the participants' norms and their use of language.
E)  all of the above.

Question 12

Describe four characteristics of qualitative interviews.What are the specific features for each of these characteristics?

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Question 13

The number of people interviewed in a qualitative study on the construction of bisexual identity is dictated mainly by

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A)  sample sizes from previous research studies.
B)  the researcher's time and resources.
C)  the sponsoring organization's research guidelines.
D)  the length of the interview schedule.
E)  the number of interviewers available on the research team.

Question 14

While participating as a member of a focus group assembled to discuss the emotional impact of workplace injuries,Connor Cummerbund took it upon himself to question the dominant ideas affirmed by the rest of the group and introduce new questions about the nature of employment contracts.Which of the following applies to Connor's behaviour?

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A)  Groupthink
B)  Devil's advocate
C)  Speaking from many "voices"
D)  Speaking from marginalized "voices"
E)  Polarizing discussion

Question 15

In which kind of question are interviewees prompted to give their account of a situation or experience?

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A)  Specifying questions
B)  Structuring questions
C)  Introducing questions
D)  Interpreting question
E)  Indirect question

Question 16

Define the following:
-introducing questions

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-introducing questions...

Question 17

Which of the following terms is NOT relevant for qualitative interviews?

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A)  In-depth interviews
B)  Informal interviews
C)  Structured interviews
D)  Open-ended interviews
E)  Ethnographic interviews

Question 18

According to Kvale's typology,__________ questions are used to solicit additional descriptions of topics just discussed by the interviewee,while __________ questions are used to prompt interviewees to expand on incomplete points.

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A)  follow-up; probe
B)  probe; follow-up
C)  probe; specifying
D)  follow-up; specifying
E)  specifying; interpreting

Question 19

Professor Simon Salamander listens to the interview recordings from his participants and decides that he only wants to transcribe the parts that are most relevant to his research questions.Professor Salamander is engaging in

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A)  manipulation of the data.
B)  selective transcription.
C)  truncated transcription.
D)  structured transcription.
E)  Kvale questioning.

Question 20

Interviewing subjects until the same general themes continue to emerge from the data and no new findings are being revealed is referred to as

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A)  theoretical sampling.
B)  theoretical saturation.
C)  snowball sampling.
D)  selective transcription.
E)  inductive theory.

Exam 12: Qualitative Interviewing