QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN ACTION A
CANADIAN PRIMER 4TH EDITION VAN
DEN HOONAARD VAN DEN SCOTT TEST
BANK PRACTICE SCRIPT UPDATED 2026
TESTED SOLUTIONS
⫸ 2 A pitfall of Internet-based research is Answer: lack of legitimacy
and missed physical journal resources.
⫸ 3 Systems of logical statements that explain the relationship between
two or more variables are Answer: propositions.
⫸ 4 ________ sampling is a sampling technique that allows researchers
with special expertise about a group to select subjects who represent the
population. Answer: Judgmental
⫸ 5 Triangulation can be used to describe the use of multiple methods
of data collection to measure a single subject. What is it called when
multiple data-collection methods, multiple theories, multiple researchers,
multiple methodologies, or a combination of these four categories are
involved in research activities? Answer: Lines of action
⫸ 6 The phase in data analysis in which you present your data in tally
sheets and tables to understand patterns is Answer: data display.
⫸ 7 A researcher seeks to study a subcultural, illegal, or deviant group
to obtain accurate information freely without announcing his or her
, presence, which could alarm the population. To do so, the researcher
undertakes significant risk, and engages fully with the group studied like
any other group member. What research role is the researcher taking on?
Answer: Complete participant
⫸ 8 What is a key difference between the Iowa School of Symbolic
Interactionism and the Chicago School of Symbolic Interaction?
Answer: Iowa uses a twenty-statement test, while Chicago uses
participant observation.
⫸ 9 What type of concept does qualitative research measure? Answer:
Description
⫸ 10 An operational definition is composed of two parts: Answer:
concrete meaning used in study and criteria to empirically measure
concept.
⫸ 11 Dr. Amala is introduced as an observer in a preschool classroom.
Dr. Amala does not engage in activities of the class, but formally
watches the children's behavior over the course of a single visit. This
situation is an example of Answer: Observer as participant
⫸ 12 The technique of using multiple lines of sight, or an array of
symbols and theoretical content to create a better research result, or
picture of reality, is called Answer: Triangulation
CANADIAN PRIMER 4TH EDITION VAN
DEN HOONAARD VAN DEN SCOTT TEST
BANK PRACTICE SCRIPT UPDATED 2026
TESTED SOLUTIONS
⫸ 2 A pitfall of Internet-based research is Answer: lack of legitimacy
and missed physical journal resources.
⫸ 3 Systems of logical statements that explain the relationship between
two or more variables are Answer: propositions.
⫸ 4 ________ sampling is a sampling technique that allows researchers
with special expertise about a group to select subjects who represent the
population. Answer: Judgmental
⫸ 5 Triangulation can be used to describe the use of multiple methods
of data collection to measure a single subject. What is it called when
multiple data-collection methods, multiple theories, multiple researchers,
multiple methodologies, or a combination of these four categories are
involved in research activities? Answer: Lines of action
⫸ 6 The phase in data analysis in which you present your data in tally
sheets and tables to understand patterns is Answer: data display.
⫸ 7 A researcher seeks to study a subcultural, illegal, or deviant group
to obtain accurate information freely without announcing his or her
, presence, which could alarm the population. To do so, the researcher
undertakes significant risk, and engages fully with the group studied like
any other group member. What research role is the researcher taking on?
Answer: Complete participant
⫸ 8 What is a key difference between the Iowa School of Symbolic
Interactionism and the Chicago School of Symbolic Interaction?
Answer: Iowa uses a twenty-statement test, while Chicago uses
participant observation.
⫸ 9 What type of concept does qualitative research measure? Answer:
Description
⫸ 10 An operational definition is composed of two parts: Answer:
concrete meaning used in study and criteria to empirically measure
concept.
⫸ 11 Dr. Amala is introduced as an observer in a preschool classroom.
Dr. Amala does not engage in activities of the class, but formally
watches the children's behavior over the course of a single visit. This
situation is an example of Answer: Observer as participant
⫸ 12 The technique of using multiple lines of sight, or an array of
symbols and theoretical content to create a better research result, or
picture of reality, is called Answer: Triangulation
