Chapter 16
1. The first major step that a researcher must undertake in a qualitative analysis is which of
the following?
A) A search for major themes
B) A search for appropriate metaphors
C) The use of quasi-statistics
D) Developing a system for organizing and indexing the data
2. Before the advent of computer software for qualitative analysis, the main procedure for
managing qualitative data was the development of which of the following?
A) Conceptual files
m
B) Core categories
C) Memos
co
D) Themes
.
ep
3. Which of the following statements is true?
A) Narrative materials tend to be linear, which simplifies the coding process.
pr
B) Qualitative researchers typically develop a category scheme before they collect
their data.
st
C) CAQDAS is available for coding, organizing, and retrieving qualitative data.
D) Content analysis is the analytic method used in phenomenologic studies.
te
ng
4. Steps generally employed in the management and analysis of qualitative data include
which of the following? Select all that apply.
si
A) Testing hypotheses
ur
B) Searching for recurrent themes and patterns
C) Validating themes and patterns
yn
D) Developing a category scheme
.m
5. Quasi-statistics are essentially a method of which of the following?
w
A) Statistical analysis
B) Validation
w
C) Thematic generation
w
D) Constant comparison
6. Spradley's method includes which type of data analysis? Select all that apply.
A) Domain analysis
B) Taxonomic analysis
C) Componential analysis
D) Statistical analysis
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, 7. Validation of themes by conferring with study participants was specifically considered
inappropriate by whom?
A) Colaizzi
B) Giorgi
C) Glaser
D) Strauss
8. An alternative to Spradley's approach to produce and analyze ethnographic data was
developed by whom?
A) Leininger
m
B) Van Manen
C) Colaizzi
co
D) Giorgi
.
ep
9. Diekelmann and colleagues proposed a 7-stage process of hermeneutic analysis that
includes the identification of which of the following?
pr
A) An appropriate metaphor
B) A constitutive pattern
C) A hermeneutic circle
D) An exemplar
st
te
ng
10. The process referred to as constant comparison involves which of the following?
A) Comparing two researchers' interpretation of the data
si
B) Comparing the researchers' interpretation of the data against study participants'
ur
interpretation
C) Comparing elements present in one data source with those in another
yn
D) Comparing data from the study with data and categories from other similar studies
.m
11. In the Strauss and Corbin approach to grounded theory, the initial process of breaking
w
down, categorizing, and coding the data is often referred to as which of the following?
A) Axial coding
w
B) Core coding
w
C) Open coding
D) Selective coding
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1. The first major step that a researcher must undertake in a qualitative analysis is which of
the following?
A) A search for major themes
B) A search for appropriate metaphors
C) The use of quasi-statistics
D) Developing a system for organizing and indexing the data
2. Before the advent of computer software for qualitative analysis, the main procedure for
managing qualitative data was the development of which of the following?
A) Conceptual files
m
B) Core categories
C) Memos
co
D) Themes
.
ep
3. Which of the following statements is true?
A) Narrative materials tend to be linear, which simplifies the coding process.
pr
B) Qualitative researchers typically develop a category scheme before they collect
their data.
st
C) CAQDAS is available for coding, organizing, and retrieving qualitative data.
D) Content analysis is the analytic method used in phenomenologic studies.
te
ng
4. Steps generally employed in the management and analysis of qualitative data include
which of the following? Select all that apply.
si
A) Testing hypotheses
ur
B) Searching for recurrent themes and patterns
C) Validating themes and patterns
yn
D) Developing a category scheme
.m
5. Quasi-statistics are essentially a method of which of the following?
w
A) Statistical analysis
B) Validation
w
C) Thematic generation
w
D) Constant comparison
6. Spradley's method includes which type of data analysis? Select all that apply.
A) Domain analysis
B) Taxonomic analysis
C) Componential analysis
D) Statistical analysis
Page 1
, 7. Validation of themes by conferring with study participants was specifically considered
inappropriate by whom?
A) Colaizzi
B) Giorgi
C) Glaser
D) Strauss
8. An alternative to Spradley's approach to produce and analyze ethnographic data was
developed by whom?
A) Leininger
m
B) Van Manen
C) Colaizzi
co
D) Giorgi
.
ep
9. Diekelmann and colleagues proposed a 7-stage process of hermeneutic analysis that
includes the identification of which of the following?
pr
A) An appropriate metaphor
B) A constitutive pattern
C) A hermeneutic circle
D) An exemplar
st
te
ng
10. The process referred to as constant comparison involves which of the following?
A) Comparing two researchers' interpretation of the data
si
B) Comparing the researchers' interpretation of the data against study participants'
ur
interpretation
C) Comparing elements present in one data source with those in another
yn
D) Comparing data from the study with data and categories from other similar studies
.m
11. In the Strauss and Corbin approach to grounded theory, the initial process of breaking
w
down, categorizing, and coding the data is often referred to as which of the following?
A) Axial coding
w
B) Core coding
w
C) Open coding
D) Selective coding
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