BSNC 5060- MIDTERM 1 QUESTIONS
& VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
uncovering meaning - correct answer ✔✔Qualitative research is interested in __ __.
qualitative research - correct answer ✔✔interested in uncovering meaning; interested in
understanding how people interpret their experiences, construct their worlds and what
meaning they contribute to experiences
how - correct answer ✔✔Instead of finding out how MANY students exercise, qualitative
research wants to find out __ students find time to exercise.
interpretive; critical; post modern - correct answer ✔✔What are the paradigms of qualitative
research?
interpretive - correct answer ✔✔this paradigm wants to describe, understand and interpret, it
believes in multiple realities that are context bound
critical - correct answer ✔✔this paradigm wants to change, emancipate and empower
post modern - correct answer ✔✔this paradigm wants to deconstruct, problematize, question
and interrupt
focuses on meaning and understanding; research as primary instrument; inductive process; rich
description; emergent and flexible; purposeful; natural setting; understanding of
subjectivity/objectivity - correct answer ✔✔What are the characteristics of qualitative
research?
, meaning; understanding; description; natural; flexible - correct answer ✔✔Qualitative research
focuses on __ and __. It involves rich __. It is in a __ setting. It is __.
focuses on meaning and understanding - correct answer ✔✔how people interpret their
experiences; how they construct their worlds; insider's perspective
researcher as primary instrument - correct answer ✔✔the goal of the research is to understand
and therefor a human instrument is the most ideal means of collection
inductive process - correct answer ✔✔you are now putting together a puzzle whose picture you
already know but constructing a picture that takes shape as you collect and examine the parts;
research gather data to build rather then deductively testing
rich description - correct answer ✔✔words and pictures are used to convey what the research
has learned; show not tell; quotes, field notes, participant interviews
emergent and flexible - correct answer ✔✔responding to changing conditions in the study
progress (many not be applicable with a grant or IRB might need to be changed)
purposeful - correct answer ✔✔sample selection is usually non random
subjective - correct answer ✔✔Capturing meanings of people involves making __ judgments.
subjectivity - correct answer ✔✔why you care about the issue; it is like a garment of clothing
that cannot be removed but not something you wear around for all to see
positionality - correct answer ✔✔the relationship between you, as a researcher, and your
participants
& VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
uncovering meaning - correct answer ✔✔Qualitative research is interested in __ __.
qualitative research - correct answer ✔✔interested in uncovering meaning; interested in
understanding how people interpret their experiences, construct their worlds and what
meaning they contribute to experiences
how - correct answer ✔✔Instead of finding out how MANY students exercise, qualitative
research wants to find out __ students find time to exercise.
interpretive; critical; post modern - correct answer ✔✔What are the paradigms of qualitative
research?
interpretive - correct answer ✔✔this paradigm wants to describe, understand and interpret, it
believes in multiple realities that are context bound
critical - correct answer ✔✔this paradigm wants to change, emancipate and empower
post modern - correct answer ✔✔this paradigm wants to deconstruct, problematize, question
and interrupt
focuses on meaning and understanding; research as primary instrument; inductive process; rich
description; emergent and flexible; purposeful; natural setting; understanding of
subjectivity/objectivity - correct answer ✔✔What are the characteristics of qualitative
research?
, meaning; understanding; description; natural; flexible - correct answer ✔✔Qualitative research
focuses on __ and __. It involves rich __. It is in a __ setting. It is __.
focuses on meaning and understanding - correct answer ✔✔how people interpret their
experiences; how they construct their worlds; insider's perspective
researcher as primary instrument - correct answer ✔✔the goal of the research is to understand
and therefor a human instrument is the most ideal means of collection
inductive process - correct answer ✔✔you are now putting together a puzzle whose picture you
already know but constructing a picture that takes shape as you collect and examine the parts;
research gather data to build rather then deductively testing
rich description - correct answer ✔✔words and pictures are used to convey what the research
has learned; show not tell; quotes, field notes, participant interviews
emergent and flexible - correct answer ✔✔responding to changing conditions in the study
progress (many not be applicable with a grant or IRB might need to be changed)
purposeful - correct answer ✔✔sample selection is usually non random
subjective - correct answer ✔✔Capturing meanings of people involves making __ judgments.
subjectivity - correct answer ✔✔why you care about the issue; it is like a garment of clothing
that cannot be removed but not something you wear around for all to see
positionality - correct answer ✔✔the relationship between you, as a researcher, and your
participants
