Test Bank for
Qualitative
Research in Action
A Canadian Primer,
4e Van Den
Hoonaard, Van Den
Scott
(All Chapters)
, CHAPTER 1
Introduction
Multiple Choice Questions
1. All of the following are approaches used by qualitative researchers except ________
a) in-depth interviewing.
b) participant observation.
c) surveys that ask about frequency.
d) document analysis.
2. According to the textbook, qualitative methods are “powerful” because ________
a) researchers are able to generate publishable data without actually talking to people.
b) they allow the studied people to define what is central and important in their experience.
c) they always uncover taken-for-granted truths.
d) they allow human experience to be collapsed into easily analyzable numerical categories.
3. According to the textbook, qualitative researchers often get their research ideas from
________
a) reviewing the existing literature and identifying key “gaps.”
b) using experiences from everyday life.
c) students’ essays and assignments.
d) the classic figures in sociology, such as Marx, Durkheim, and Weber.
4. The textbook suggests that the different body postures and positions of male and female
students she observed in the university classroom demonstrate ________
a) that the behaviour of males and females is identical.
b) that little can be learned from casual observation.
c) the presence of gender inequality is everywhere.
d) how the use of space is gendered.
5. Sociologist Shulamit Reinharz refers to her habit of “being extremely attentive” to her
surroundings and noticing “patterns in the mundane experiences of everyday life” as
________
a) scientific integrity.
b) an occupational hazard.
c) obsessive nosiness.
d) a special gift that only sociologists have.
6. The importance of ethical issues in qualitative research is ________
a) demonstrated by the fact that a whole chapter in the textbook is devoted to the issue.
b) vastly overstated.
c) demonstrated by the fact that the textbook devotes little attention to the issue.
d) highly disputed.
7. Qualitative studies ________
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, a) explore the social worlds of very diverse groups.
b) tend to focus on individuals who are considered deviant.
c) mostly focus on powerful groups within society.
d) about any topic are rather dry.
8. One of the most important conferences for qualitative research in Canada is called the
________
a) Summit on Qualitative Research in Canada.
b) Canadian Qualitative Analysis Conference.
c) Annual Canadian Qualitative Researchers Meeting.
d) Canadian Congress of Qualitative Methods.
9. When discussing research on widows’ well-being, the textbook notes that qualitative
methods ________
a) help discover series of correlations that sum up how the women adjust to well-being.
b) are less invasive than quantitative ones.
c) enable the researcher to encourage the women to define their experiences.
d) enable the researcher to discover objective expectations.
10. While conducting research, qualitative researchers need to be very aware of ________
a) social interactions that occur in the environment they are in.
b) who else is in their social environment.
c) the geography of their physical environment.
d) the physical and social environment they are in, who else is in it, and how they are acting
and interacting.
11. Qualitative researchers refer to the people they interview or observe as ________
a) subjects.
b) friends.
c) participants.
d) attendees.
12. Which of the following research methods straddles the line between interviews and
observation?
a) Covert observation
b) Document analysis
c) Structured interviews
d) Focus groups
13. The author describes two different ways of measuring successful resettlement for refugees.
One, a more __________ approach, looks at securing employment that can sustain a
livelihood as a measure of successful resettlement. The other, a more __________ approach,
looked at how refugees defined success for themselves and found they viewed themselves as
self-rescuers rather than victims.
a) quantitative; qualitative
b) qualitative; quantitative
c) governmental; academic
d) academic; governmental
14. What is one common occupational hazard for qualitative researchers?
a) It is difficult to find ideas for research studies.
Qualitative Research in Action, Third Edition
© Oxford University Press Canada, 2018
, b) It is difficult to teach and do research at the same time.
c) It is difficult to learn regression analysis.
d) It is difficult to keep professional lives and personal lives entirely separate.
15. Which of the following is the last step in the research process?
a) Generating ideas
b) Writing up the research
c) Analysing data
d) Ethical considerations
True or False Questions
1. Qualitative researchers are restricted to a limited number of methods and topics.
2. Quantitative researchers tend to allow participants to define what is central and important in
their experience.
3. One of the advantages of qualitative methods is that they can often lead to the gaining of a
deeper understanding of the participants than could be acquired through quantitative
methods.
4. Qualitative researchers seldom use experiences from everyday life to develop their research
ideas.
5. What qualitative researchers uncover is much more than just common sense.
6. The author of the textbook often refers to her own research on the well-being of divorced
people.
7. The textbook notes that it is virtually impossible to take an ethical approach to qualitative
research.
8. Qualitative researchers are able to spot patterns because of an in-depth awareness of their
environment and a sociologically informed attention to detail.
9. Qualitative researchers often succeed at keeping their professional lives entirely separate
from their personal lives.
10. Kyriakides et al.’s (2018a, 2018b) study of Syrian refugees is a good example of how
qualitative research methods can provide deeper understandings of research participants.
11. Most students believe that manspreading exists but that they are the exception to the rule.
12. Qualitative researchers study people by talking to them while quantitative researchers study
statistics and cultural artefacts like TV.
13. The concept of “eulogy work” refers to the social process of framing a loss while in the
public eye.
Qualitative Research in Action, Third Edition
© Oxford University Press Canada, 2018
Qualitative
Research in Action
A Canadian Primer,
4e Van Den
Hoonaard, Van Den
Scott
(All Chapters)
, CHAPTER 1
Introduction
Multiple Choice Questions
1. All of the following are approaches used by qualitative researchers except ________
a) in-depth interviewing.
b) participant observation.
c) surveys that ask about frequency.
d) document analysis.
2. According to the textbook, qualitative methods are “powerful” because ________
a) researchers are able to generate publishable data without actually talking to people.
b) they allow the studied people to define what is central and important in their experience.
c) they always uncover taken-for-granted truths.
d) they allow human experience to be collapsed into easily analyzable numerical categories.
3. According to the textbook, qualitative researchers often get their research ideas from
________
a) reviewing the existing literature and identifying key “gaps.”
b) using experiences from everyday life.
c) students’ essays and assignments.
d) the classic figures in sociology, such as Marx, Durkheim, and Weber.
4. The textbook suggests that the different body postures and positions of male and female
students she observed in the university classroom demonstrate ________
a) that the behaviour of males and females is identical.
b) that little can be learned from casual observation.
c) the presence of gender inequality is everywhere.
d) how the use of space is gendered.
5. Sociologist Shulamit Reinharz refers to her habit of “being extremely attentive” to her
surroundings and noticing “patterns in the mundane experiences of everyday life” as
________
a) scientific integrity.
b) an occupational hazard.
c) obsessive nosiness.
d) a special gift that only sociologists have.
6. The importance of ethical issues in qualitative research is ________
a) demonstrated by the fact that a whole chapter in the textbook is devoted to the issue.
b) vastly overstated.
c) demonstrated by the fact that the textbook devotes little attention to the issue.
d) highly disputed.
7. Qualitative studies ________
Qualitative Research in Action, Third Edition
© Oxford University Press Canada, 2018
, a) explore the social worlds of very diverse groups.
b) tend to focus on individuals who are considered deviant.
c) mostly focus on powerful groups within society.
d) about any topic are rather dry.
8. One of the most important conferences for qualitative research in Canada is called the
________
a) Summit on Qualitative Research in Canada.
b) Canadian Qualitative Analysis Conference.
c) Annual Canadian Qualitative Researchers Meeting.
d) Canadian Congress of Qualitative Methods.
9. When discussing research on widows’ well-being, the textbook notes that qualitative
methods ________
a) help discover series of correlations that sum up how the women adjust to well-being.
b) are less invasive than quantitative ones.
c) enable the researcher to encourage the women to define their experiences.
d) enable the researcher to discover objective expectations.
10. While conducting research, qualitative researchers need to be very aware of ________
a) social interactions that occur in the environment they are in.
b) who else is in their social environment.
c) the geography of their physical environment.
d) the physical and social environment they are in, who else is in it, and how they are acting
and interacting.
11. Qualitative researchers refer to the people they interview or observe as ________
a) subjects.
b) friends.
c) participants.
d) attendees.
12. Which of the following research methods straddles the line between interviews and
observation?
a) Covert observation
b) Document analysis
c) Structured interviews
d) Focus groups
13. The author describes two different ways of measuring successful resettlement for refugees.
One, a more __________ approach, looks at securing employment that can sustain a
livelihood as a measure of successful resettlement. The other, a more __________ approach,
looked at how refugees defined success for themselves and found they viewed themselves as
self-rescuers rather than victims.
a) quantitative; qualitative
b) qualitative; quantitative
c) governmental; academic
d) academic; governmental
14. What is one common occupational hazard for qualitative researchers?
a) It is difficult to find ideas for research studies.
Qualitative Research in Action, Third Edition
© Oxford University Press Canada, 2018
, b) It is difficult to teach and do research at the same time.
c) It is difficult to learn regression analysis.
d) It is difficult to keep professional lives and personal lives entirely separate.
15. Which of the following is the last step in the research process?
a) Generating ideas
b) Writing up the research
c) Analysing data
d) Ethical considerations
True or False Questions
1. Qualitative researchers are restricted to a limited number of methods and topics.
2. Quantitative researchers tend to allow participants to define what is central and important in
their experience.
3. One of the advantages of qualitative methods is that they can often lead to the gaining of a
deeper understanding of the participants than could be acquired through quantitative
methods.
4. Qualitative researchers seldom use experiences from everyday life to develop their research
ideas.
5. What qualitative researchers uncover is much more than just common sense.
6. The author of the textbook often refers to her own research on the well-being of divorced
people.
7. The textbook notes that it is virtually impossible to take an ethical approach to qualitative
research.
8. Qualitative researchers are able to spot patterns because of an in-depth awareness of their
environment and a sociologically informed attention to detail.
9. Qualitative researchers often succeed at keeping their professional lives entirely separate
from their personal lives.
10. Kyriakides et al.’s (2018a, 2018b) study of Syrian refugees is a good example of how
qualitative research methods can provide deeper understandings of research participants.
11. Most students believe that manspreading exists but that they are the exception to the rule.
12. Qualitative researchers study people by talking to them while quantitative researchers study
statistics and cultural artefacts like TV.
13. The concept of “eulogy work” refers to the social process of framing a loss while in the
public eye.
Qualitative Research in Action, Third Edition
© Oxford University Press Canada, 2018
