Unique Number: 551557 HMPYC80/Assignment 04
Due Date: 03 August 2021
Chapter 14
1. In qualitative research -- where a person or group has a story to tell, a perception or experience to
share or holds a specific view a phenomenon, event, situation or context -- the aim of the
researcher is NOT primarily to ... CORRECTION: OPTION 3 IS THE CORRECT ANSWER
1) increase our understanding of situations, contexts and people.
2) develop an in-depth understanding of the person within context of their situation.
3) confirm hypotheses, examine causality and explain relationships between variables and groups.
4) explore, describe and understand realities from the inside out.
Option 1 is correct, refer to page 289 (2. Introduction) in text book Research at Grass Roots 5th Ed
2. Research design in qualitative research does NOT …
1) consider how to enrich the research by employing different lenses on the same phenomenon,
such as triangulation where more than one sampling or data collection method is used, and a
hermeneutic framework that values inter-subjective interpretations.
2) use and obtain (data) saturation to increase rigour by collecting many similar instances of the
phenomenon to incrementally build certainty.
3) consist of well-developed, rather rigid options, with clearly defined design sets.
4) refer to a creative and interactive process where the researcher becomes the primary research
instrument with their own research paradigm (ontology and epistemology), culture, ideology,
experience, personality, emotions and knowledge.
Option 3 is correct, refer to page 290 (2. Designing Qualitative research) in text book Research at Grass
Roots 5th Ed
Due Date: 03 August 2021
Chapter 14
1. In qualitative research -- where a person or group has a story to tell, a perception or experience to
share or holds a specific view a phenomenon, event, situation or context -- the aim of the
researcher is NOT primarily to ... CORRECTION: OPTION 3 IS THE CORRECT ANSWER
1) increase our understanding of situations, contexts and people.
2) develop an in-depth understanding of the person within context of their situation.
3) confirm hypotheses, examine causality and explain relationships between variables and groups.
4) explore, describe and understand realities from the inside out.
Option 1 is correct, refer to page 289 (2. Introduction) in text book Research at Grass Roots 5th Ed
2. Research design in qualitative research does NOT …
1) consider how to enrich the research by employing different lenses on the same phenomenon,
such as triangulation where more than one sampling or data collection method is used, and a
hermeneutic framework that values inter-subjective interpretations.
2) use and obtain (data) saturation to increase rigour by collecting many similar instances of the
phenomenon to incrementally build certainty.
3) consist of well-developed, rather rigid options, with clearly defined design sets.
4) refer to a creative and interactive process where the researcher becomes the primary research
instrument with their own research paradigm (ontology and epistemology), culture, ideology,
experience, personality, emotions and knowledge.
Option 3 is correct, refer to page 290 (2. Designing Qualitative research) in text book Research at Grass
Roots 5th Ed
