EDAPT EVALUATING QUANTITATIVE AND
QUALITATIVE DATA EXAM SCRIPT
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS LEARNING RESOURCE
●● What types of data are considered qualitative?
Answer: Interviews, focus groups, observations, field notes, diaries,
documents, videos, images, and social media content.
●● Why is qualitative analysis often more time-consuming than
quantitative analysis?
Answer: Because it is iterative, reflective, and requires constant
interpretation, coding, validation, and organisation of large amounts of
text-based data.
●● What is categorical data?
Answer: Data grouped into categories based on shared attributes or
properties.
●● What is a deductive approach?
Answer: A top-down approach where existing theory is tested against
data.
,●● What is an inductive approach?
Answer: A bottom-up approach where patterns found in data are used to
develop theory.
●● Which approach is more commonly associated with qualitative
research?
Answer: The inductive approach.
●● What is the starting point in deductive research?
Answer: Existing theory and hypotheses.
●● What is the starting point in inductive research?
Answer: Observations and patterns emerging from the data.
●● List the five stages of deductive research.
Answer: 1. Deduce a hypothesis 2. Formulate the hypothesis 3. Test the
hypothesis 4. Examine the outcome 5. Modify the theory
●● Which approach is usually faster and more structured?
Answer: Deductive research.
●● Which approach is more flexible and iterative?
Answer: Inductive research.
, ●● What is grounded theory?
Answer: A systematic inductive method where theory is developed
directly from the data.
●● Why is grounded theory called 'grounded'?
Answer: Because the theory emerges from and is grounded in the data
itself.
●● What type of theories does grounded theory usually produce?
Answer: Middle-level theories.
●● What are middle-level theories?
Answer: Focused, empirically grounded theories that sit between grand
theory and raw data.
●● Name two advantages of grounded theory.
Answer: 1. Provides clear sequential guidelines 2. Integrates data
collection and analysis.
●● What must happen before qualitative analysis begins?
Answer: All data must be transcribed into text.
QUALITATIVE DATA EXAM SCRIPT
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS LEARNING RESOURCE
●● What types of data are considered qualitative?
Answer: Interviews, focus groups, observations, field notes, diaries,
documents, videos, images, and social media content.
●● Why is qualitative analysis often more time-consuming than
quantitative analysis?
Answer: Because it is iterative, reflective, and requires constant
interpretation, coding, validation, and organisation of large amounts of
text-based data.
●● What is categorical data?
Answer: Data grouped into categories based on shared attributes or
properties.
●● What is a deductive approach?
Answer: A top-down approach where existing theory is tested against
data.
,●● What is an inductive approach?
Answer: A bottom-up approach where patterns found in data are used to
develop theory.
●● Which approach is more commonly associated with qualitative
research?
Answer: The inductive approach.
●● What is the starting point in deductive research?
Answer: Existing theory and hypotheses.
●● What is the starting point in inductive research?
Answer: Observations and patterns emerging from the data.
●● List the five stages of deductive research.
Answer: 1. Deduce a hypothesis 2. Formulate the hypothesis 3. Test the
hypothesis 4. Examine the outcome 5. Modify the theory
●● Which approach is usually faster and more structured?
Answer: Deductive research.
●● Which approach is more flexible and iterative?
Answer: Inductive research.
, ●● What is grounded theory?
Answer: A systematic inductive method where theory is developed
directly from the data.
●● Why is grounded theory called 'grounded'?
Answer: Because the theory emerges from and is grounded in the data
itself.
●● What type of theories does grounded theory usually produce?
Answer: Middle-level theories.
●● What are middle-level theories?
Answer: Focused, empirically grounded theories that sit between grand
theory and raw data.
●● Name two advantages of grounded theory.
Answer: 1. Provides clear sequential guidelines 2. Integrates data
collection and analysis.
●● What must happen before qualitative analysis begins?
Answer: All data must be transcribed into text.
