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1“AIDS does not exist apart from the practices that conceptualise it, represent it, and respond to it.” (Crimp, 1988, p. 3). This quotation is associated with which epistemological/theoretical framework?
- AContextualism
- BPositivism
- Csocial constructionism
- DPhenomenology
2‘The process of critically reflecting on the content and process of the knowledge we produce’ is a definition of which key concept in qualitative research?
- ASubjectivity
- Bepistemology
- Creflexivity
- Dontology
3Which of the following key concepts are associated with qualitative research?
- AReflexivity, objectivity and subjectivity
- BReflexivity, subjectivity and generating meaning and understanding
- CSubjectivity, reliability and generating meaning and understanding
- DObjectivity, reliability and validity
4Qualitative research is primarily concerned with…?
- ACollecting participants’ responses to pre-determined categories
- BRepresentativeness in sampling
- CParticipants’ language and concepts
- DAvoiding bias
5Qualitative research is primarily concerned with…?
- AGenerating meaning and understanding
- BTheory testing
6Which is a key feature of qualitative research?
- ASeeking consensus
- BAccommodating and exploring difference
- CValuing detachment
- DLarge numbers of participants
7Qualitative research is primarily concerned with…?
- AGenerating rich data
- BLarge numbers of participants
- CGenerating broad data
- DSeeking relationships between variables
8The theory or philosophy of the nature of reality and being’ is a definition of which of the following concepts?
- Aepistemology
- BReflexivity
- Csubjectivity
- Dontology
9A sample of 50 participants in a qualitative interview study is?
- AA relatively large sample
- Btoo small to generate results
- Can average sized sample
10One of the most common types of sampling used in qualitative research is?
- Arandom sampling
- BPurposive sampling
- CStratified sampling
- DMaximum heterogeneity sampling
11A sample is saturated in an interview study when?
- ANo new information is emerging from your interviews
- BYou have interviewed about 30 participants
- CYou have interview about 90 participants
- DYou have interviewed each participant twice
12Three types of sampling commonly used in qualitative research include
- ARandom, snowball and convenience
- BStratified, random and convenience
- CPurpose, convenience and random
- DSnowball, purposive and convenience
13The ‘usual suspects’ are:
- AThe people least likely to be invited to participate in qualitative research
- BThe white, middle class people that tend to dominate qualitative research samples
- CThe people that are hard-to-engage in research
- DThe population that is often least accessible to researchers
14Hidden populations are:
- AOnes that seek to avoid participating in research
- BOnes that are less visible to researchers
- COnes that should only be included in maximum heterogeneity sample
15Hard-to-engage participant groups are:
- AOnes that perceive little value in research participation
- BOnes that will only participate in research in return for money
- COnes that insist on being interviewed at the weekend
- DOnes that only want to participate in research that will have some tangible impact on service provision to vulnerable groups in society
16Insider researchers are:
- ABiased
- BA member of the group they are researching
- CNot a member of the group they are researching
- DSimultaneously conducting their own research project and participating in someone else’s research
17One of the advantages of being an insider researcher is that:
- AParticipants are more likely to disclose socially undesirable behaviour
- BInterviews are quicker to conduct
- CYou can join in the focus group discussions you are moderating
- DIt can be easier to establish rapport and trust with the participant group
18 People’s rights as voluntary participants include the right...
- ATo be paid for their research participation
- BTo receive a copy of their interview transcript and a copy of the final research report
- CTo express their views in whatever way they choose to
- DTo stop data collection at any time without giving a reason
19It’s important to collect demographic data from participants because:
- AThis enables participants to be more easily identified by people who know them
- BThis enables the researcher to generalise their results
- CThis helps the participants to identify themselves in the report of the research
- DThis enables the researcher to conduct good quality research by ‘situating their sample’
20which of the following statement best describes why some researchers choose to do quail research
- ABecause it’s more objective than quantitative research
- BBecause it’s easier than quantitative research
- CBecause they find statistics really difficult
- DBecause they are interesting in language and meaning
21 Bias is not a meaningful concept when critiquing qualitative researcher because:
- AQualitative research is objective
- BQualitative research recognises ‘bias’ as an inevitable component of research
- CQualitative research is the poor cousin of quantitative research
- DQualitative research is unscientific
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