Question 1

When a researcher uses a participatory approach with those interviewed or observed, the term participant is often used rather than subject.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The textbook notes that it is virtually impossible to take an ethical approach to qualitative research.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Briefly discuss Candace West's work on dog parks and what this example demonstrates.

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The author's main point through this exa...

Question 4

Without reading ahead in the textbook, identify a research topic that is full of ethical dilemmas and explain why.

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Professors should keep in mind that stud...

Question 5

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.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

When discussing research on widows' well-being, the textbook notes that qualitative methods ________.

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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 expectationsE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 7

According to the textbook, qualitative methods are "powerful" because ________.

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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 categoriesE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 8

Using the author's example of research on widowhood, explain the respective advantages and disadvantages of qualitative and quantitative methods.

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One of the justifications for using qual...

Question 9

According to the textbook, qualitative researchers often get their research ideas from ________.

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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 WeberE) A) and C)
F) A) and B) B

Question 10

The textbook suggests that the different body postures and positions of male and female students she observed in the university classroom demonstrate ________.

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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 genderedE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 11

One of the most important conferences for qualitative research in Canada is called the ________.

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A)   Summit on Qualitative Research in Canada
B)   Canadian Qualitative Analysis Conference
C)   Annual Canadian Qualitative Researchers Meeting
D)   Canadian Congress of Qualitative MethodsE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 12

Qualitative researchers often succeed at keeping their professional lives entirely separate from their personal lives.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 13

Discuss why students mistakenly assume qualitative research is the same as common sense.

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Strong answers will make an attempt to refer to or directly quote Glassner and Hertz (1999:x) who note that "the job of the scholar is to take the ordinary events and make them extraordinary and to demonstrate how the extraordinary is routine." In terms of topics, qualitative researchers often use experiences from everyday life to develop their research ideas and use what they have learned as qualitative researchers to go about their daily lives. For these reasons, people sometimes mistakenly assume that qualitative research is easy and the patterns and meaning that qualitative researchers uncover and describe is only common sense

Question 14

While conducting research, qualitative researchers need to be very aware of ________.

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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 interactingE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 15

The importance of ethical issues in qualitative research is ________.

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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 disputedE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 16

All of the following are approaches used by qualitative researchers except ________.

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A)   in-depth interviewing
B)   participant observation
C)   surveys that ask about frequency
D)   document analysisE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 17

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 ________.

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A)   scientific integrity
B)   an occupational hazard
C)   obsessive nosiness
D)   a special gift that only sociologists haveE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 18

Discuss issues related to personality and skill set that might make it difficult for someone to be a successful qualitative researcher. Feel free to talk about your own experience to apply ideas from the textbook.

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Question 19

Qualitative studies ________.

Accepted Answer

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 dryE) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 20

Qualitative researchers refer to the people they interview or observe as ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   subjects
B)   friends
C)   participants
D)   attendeesE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Briefly discuss Candace West's work on dog parks and what this example demonstrates.

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Without reading ahead in the textbook, identify a research topic that is full of ethical dilemmas and explain why.

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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.

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When discussing research on widows' well-being, the textbook notes that qualitative methods ________.

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According to the textbook, qualitative methods are "powerful" because ________.

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Using the author's example of research on widowhood, explain the respective advantages and disadvantages of qualitative and quantitative methods.

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