COMS 3002 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Boolean search terms - ANSWER-the terms AND, OR, and NOT, which are used in
computer searches of a literature database and used to narrow or broaden a search
Manifest content - ANSWER-Tangible or concrete surface content
latent content - ANSWER-Underlying meaning behind the surface content
Generic social processes - ANSWER-1)Acquiring perspective 2)Achieving identity
3)Doing activity 4)Developing relationships 5)Experimenting emotionality 6)Achieving
linguistic fluency
Data - ANSWER-Facts and statistics collected to support claims
research data management - ANSWER-Overall how will the data be managed? what
type of data will be collected? How will it be organized and processed? Where will it
be stored? How will confidentiality be managed?
Research paradigm - ANSWER-Consider various research paradigms, philosophies,
and worldviews
Critical paradigm - ANSWER-Examine & identify historical and cultural ways in which
power relations shape interpretive views of reality
Interpretive Paradigm - ANSWER-research based on the assumption that there are
multiple realities. Subjective and contextualized with participants perspectives
Discovery Paradigm - ANSWER-1 reality to be discovered. This method is precise,
systematic and decontextualized
field notes - ANSWER-records of observation or interviews. First descriptive then
reflective
Descriptive notes (jotting) - ANSWER-Short, quick, personal notes on observations
reflective notes (full) - ANSWER-Noting patterns across notes, adding thick
descriptions
fieldwork - ANSWER-involves a variety of methods for understanding the field and its
people
AND ANSWERS
Boolean search terms - ANSWER-the terms AND, OR, and NOT, which are used in
computer searches of a literature database and used to narrow or broaden a search
Manifest content - ANSWER-Tangible or concrete surface content
latent content - ANSWER-Underlying meaning behind the surface content
Generic social processes - ANSWER-1)Acquiring perspective 2)Achieving identity
3)Doing activity 4)Developing relationships 5)Experimenting emotionality 6)Achieving
linguistic fluency
Data - ANSWER-Facts and statistics collected to support claims
research data management - ANSWER-Overall how will the data be managed? what
type of data will be collected? How will it be organized and processed? Where will it
be stored? How will confidentiality be managed?
Research paradigm - ANSWER-Consider various research paradigms, philosophies,
and worldviews
Critical paradigm - ANSWER-Examine & identify historical and cultural ways in which
power relations shape interpretive views of reality
Interpretive Paradigm - ANSWER-research based on the assumption that there are
multiple realities. Subjective and contextualized with participants perspectives
Discovery Paradigm - ANSWER-1 reality to be discovered. This method is precise,
systematic and decontextualized
field notes - ANSWER-records of observation or interviews. First descriptive then
reflective
Descriptive notes (jotting) - ANSWER-Short, quick, personal notes on observations
reflective notes (full) - ANSWER-Noting patterns across notes, adding thick
descriptions
fieldwork - ANSWER-involves a variety of methods for understanding the field and its
people
