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Qualitative MCQs Final With Key
Qualitative MCQs Final With Key
11. Why do qualitative researchers like to give detailed descriptions of social settings?
15. Which of the following is not a contrast between quantitative and qualitative research?
a. Development puzzle
b. Mechanical puzzle
c. Comparative puzzle
d. All of above
a. Sources of data
b. Methods of data
c. Designs of data
d. Questions for data
a. Sources of data
b. Methods of data
c. Designs of data
d. Questions for data
26. Which of the following is not normally included in a written account of qualitative
research?
a. An introduction, locating the research in its theoretical context
b. An explanation of the design of the study
c. A discussion of the main findings in relation to the research questions
d. A decision to accept or reject the hypothesis
27. Postmodernist theorists challenge the idea of objective truth by arguing that:
a. There are many possible ways of interpreting and representing social reality
b. It is important to uncover the social laws that operate in an external reality
c. Only women have the unique standpoint needed to be able to make universal truth claims
d. All of the above
28. Sampling in qualitative research is similar to the type of sampling in quantitative
research?
a. Simple random sampling
b. Systematic sampling
c. Quota sampling
d. Purposive sampling
30. The specific cultural conventions or statements that people who share a culture hold to be
true or false are called ______.
a. Shared attitudes
b. Shared beliefs
c. Shared values
d. Norms
31. The type of qualitative research that describes the culture of a group of people is called
____.
a. Phenomenology
b. Grounded theory
c. Ethnography
d. Case study
32. In data analysis of the grounded theory approach, the step which focuses on the main
idea, developing the story line, and finalizing the theory is called ________.
a. Open coding
b. Axial coding
c. Selective coding
d. Theoretical saturation
34. Why has qualitative research been seen to have an affinity with feminism?
a. It allows women's voices to be heard, rather than objectifying and exploiting them
b. It has always been carried out by female sociologists
c. It allows the researcher to control variables and suppress women's voices
d. It claims to be value free and non-political
a. Theory of understanding
b. Theory of knowledge
c. Theory of evidence
d. Nature and essence
41. Which of the following describes the disciplined inquiry of qualitative research?
a. Interview
b. Case study
c. Focus group discussion
d. Ethnography
49. Which type of study is loosely structured and designed to expand understanding of a
topic and provide insights?
a. Formal
b. Causal
c. Exploratory
d. Experimental
e. Descriptive
61. The emic perspective refers to an external, social scientific view of reality.
a. True
b. False
62. _________ is used to describe cultural scenes or the cultural characteristics of a group of
people.
a. Phenomenology
b. Ethnography
c. Grounded theory
d. Instrumental case study
63. Terms such as “geeks,” “book worms,” “preps,” are known as _____ terms.
a. Emic
b. Etic
64. When a researcher identifies so completely with the group being studied that he or she can
no longer remain objective you have what is called _________.
a. Culture shock
b. Going native
c. Regression
d. Cultural relativism
65. In "phenomenology," a well written report will be highly descriptive of the participants’
experiences and will often elicit in the reader a feeling that they feel as though they are
experiencing the phenomenon themselves. This experience is called _____.
a. A phenomenal experience
b. A vicarious experience
c. A significant experience
d. A dream
a. Sample
b. Population
c. Statistic
d. Element
84. What is meta-analysis?
a. A technique of correcting for the errors in individual studies within a survey
of a large number of studies, to demonstrate the effect of a particular
variable
b. A process of secondary-data gathering to assemble all the possibilities for a
variable's effects
c. A substitute for original research, which is justified by constraints of time or
money
d. A specialized step in a computer software program (SPSS e.g.)
85. Clearly defined topic supports the
a. Ontological position
b. Epistemological position
c. Both of above
d. None of above
86. Rapport building with research participants is not the part of qualitative research
a. True
b. Partially true
c. False
d. Either can be true or false
e. Qualitative
87. Naturalism has been defined as:
a. Viewing natural and social objects as belonging to the same realm
b. Being true to the nature of the phenomenon under investigation
c. Minimizing the intrusion of artificial methods of data collection into the
field
d. All of the above
88. Why is it important that personal data about research participants are kept within secure,
confidential records?
a. So that the participants cannot find out what has been written about them
b. So that individuals, places or organizations cannot be harmed through
identification or disclosure of personal information
c. So that government officials, teachers and other people in authority can
have easy access to the data
d. To enable the researcher to track down individuals and find out more
about their lives
a. 10
b. 20
c. 50
d. It's hard to say
90. What represents wider ontological and epistemological positions in qualitative approach?
a. Research question
b. Hypothesis
c. Proposition
d. All of the above
94. The written and unwritten rules that specify appropriate group behavior are called _____.
a. Shared attitudes
b. Shared beliefs
c. Shared values
d. Norms
95. _____ are the standards of a culture about what is good or bad or desirable or undesirable.
a. Shared attitudes
b. Shared beliefs
c. Shared values
d. Norms
96. _________ is the study of human consciousness and individuals’ experience of some
phenomenon.
a. Phenomenology
b. Ethnography
c. Grounded theory
d. Case study research
a. Axial coding
b. Theoretical saturation
c. Constant comparative method
d. Selective coding
100. In which qualitative research approach is the primary goal to gain access to individuals’
inner worlds of experience?
a. Phenomenology
b. Ethnography
c. Grounded theory
d. Case study
a) field experience
b) understanding the verbatim
c) verstehan by the researcher to understand phenomenon
d) prior formulation of research questions
107) what the difference between external research design and internal research design
a) one is for the initial proposal audience and former is for the researcher
b) it means the research design for the initial stage later is for the final stage
c) external refers to the outer world perspective and the internal designs refers to the insider’s
approach
d) none of above
109) Making a data chart of possible research methods and including those which you can reject
later
a) wastage of time
b) quantitative method
c) it will confuse further
d) good way to start
Key to answers
1) d 2) c 3) c 4) a 5) a 6) b 7) a 8) c 9) d 10)a
11) a 12) a 13) d 14) c 15) a 16) d 17) c 18) c 19) c 20) c