Chapter 11 Appraising Sampling and Data Collection in Qualitative Studies

Chapter 11


1. The term emergent design in qualitative inquiry refers to a research design that emerges
at which of the following times?
A) During the conduct of a literature review
B) While the researcher develops a conceptual framework
C) Before the study is begun
D) While the researcher is in the field collecting data


2. Which of the following is an issue that a qualitative researcher attends to in planning a
study? Select all that apply.
A) Selecting a site




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B) Identifying needed equipment for field work
C) Selecting research instruments




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D) Determining the maximum amount of time available for field work




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3. Which of the following design features can apply to both a qualitative and quantitative
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A) Manipulation of the independent variable
B) Cross-sectional versus longitudinal data collection
C) Control over confounding variables
D) Random assignment of study participants
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4. Hermeneutics is closely allied with which research tradition?
A) Ethnography
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B) Phenomenology
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C) Grounded theory
D) Symbolic Interaction
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5. Ethnographers strive to do which of the following?
A) Understand human cultures
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B) Develop an etic perspective
C) Link the etic and emic perspectives into a unified whole
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D) Understand the essence of a phenomenon
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6. An ethnographic study of a clinic that specialized in abortion services by someone from
outside that culture would most likely be an example of which of the following?
A) An auto-ethnography
B) A critical ethnography
C) A microethnography
D) A macroethnography




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, 7. Which of the following is a step in descriptive phenomenology? Select all that apply.
A) Bracketing
B) Inferring
C) Analyzing
D) Describing


8. A study that focused on the meaning of sacrifice among wounded military personnel
during war time would likely use which of the following?
A) A descriptive phenomenological approach
B) A grounded theory approach




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C) An ethnography
D) A hermeneutic approach




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9. Participant observation is a data collection strategy used in almost all of which of the




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A) Ethnographic studies




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C) Phenomenological studies
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10. Which of the following approaches involves the use of a procedure known as constant
comparison?
A) Grounded theory
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B) Ethnography
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C) Phenomenology
D) Historical
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11. The question, “What is the essence of men's experiences of chemotherapy treatment for
prostate cancer?” is an example of a research question within which of the following
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traditions?
A) Grounded theory
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B) Ethnography
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C) Phenomenology
D) Qualitative description




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