Qualitative and Mixed Research MCQs
Qualitative and Mixed Research MCQs
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1: In Spradley’s taxonomy of semantic relationships, the relationship, “X is a kind of Y” is called ______.
A. Sequence
B. Rationale
C. Means-end
D. Strict inclusion
2: Alex studies how children and day care workers interact in day care facilities. While analyzing transcripts of interviews and videos of children’s interaction with the workers, she comes up with what she thinks is a potentially useful idea to think about as she attempts to develop a grounded theory. Writing down reflective insights and ideas like this is called ______.
A. Memoing
B. Transcription
C. Face sheet coding
D. Drawing diagrams
3: The cyclical process of collecting and analyzing data during a single research study is known as ______.
A. Validity
B. Enumeration
C. Joint display
D. Interim analysis
4: Intercoder reliability is obtained when which of the following is true?
A. The different people analyzing the data provide similar results.
B. A person analyzing the data uses the same code consistently.
C. The different people collecting the data transcribe it the same way.
D. The different people analyzing the data provide different results.
5: Codes developed before examining the data are called ______, and codes developed during data analysis are called ______.
A. Inductive codes; a priori codes
B. Inductive codes; co-occurring codes
C. A priori codes; inductive codes
D. A priori codes; post hoc codes
6: One of the most popular qualitative and mixed research data analysis computer software programs is ______.
A. ATLAS
B. MAXQDA
C. Dedoose
D. QUALdatANL
7: Forming narrative profiles (e.g., modal profiles, average profiles, holistic profiles, comparative profiles, normative profiles) from quantitative data would be an example of which of the following?
A. Quantitizing
B. Analyzing
C. Transforming
D. Qualitizing
8: In mixed data analysis, the analysis of both data types (e.g., quantitative and qualitative) using both analysis types (i.e., qualitative and quantitative) is known as ______.
A. Monodata-monoanalysis
B. Monodata-multianalysis
C. Multidata-monoanalysis
D. Multidata-multianalysis
9: In mixed research data analysis, the process of quantitizing and/or qualitizing data is known as ______.
A. Data transformation
B. Data reduction
C. Data reproduction
D. Data integration
10: In qualitative data analysis, researchers use logical connectors such as the following to better understand their data: AND, OR, NOT, IF, THEN, and EXCEPT. What are these words used to create logical combinations called?
A. Conjunctive operators
B. Connective operators
C. Boolean operators
D. Comparative operators
11: In Spradley’s taxonomy of semantic relations, the relationship, “X is a step (stage) in Y” is called a means-end relationship.
A. True
B. False
12: A qualitative researcher interviews five girls and five boys and then transcribes the tapes into text. She generates her codes and categories directly from the data. This is an example of the use of inductive codes.
A. True
B. False
13: The “process of marking segments of data with symbols, descriptive words, or category names” is called segmenting.
A. True
B. False
14: The “cyclical process of collecting and analyzing data during a single research study” is called iterative data analysis.
A. True
B. False
15: If the researcher gives a full document or case a single code (e.g., such as the interviewee was a “male”), this code is called a face sheet code.
A. True
B. False
16: Which Codes that were developed before examining the current data?
A. Facesheet codes
B. Priori codes
C. Co -occurring codes
D. First stage
17: Words such as and and or that create logical combinations is boolean operators
A. True
B. False
18: Marking segments of data with symbols, descriptive words, or category names is called
A. Coding
B. Diagramming
C. Operating
D. Analysis
19: Codes that overlap partially or completely is called
A. Facesheet codes
B. Priori codes
C. Co -occurring codes
D. First stage
20: _____ is making a sketch, drawing, or outline to show how something works or to clarify the relationship between the parts of a whole
A. Coding
B. Diagramming
C. Operating
D. Analysis
21: The process of quantifying data is _____
A. Exhaustive
B. Enumeration
C. Significant
D. All of these
22: A set of categories that classify all of the relevant cases in the data is exhaustive categories
A. True
B. False
23: Which codes that apply to a complete document or case?
A. Facesheet codes
B. Priori codes
C. Co -occurring codes
D. First stage
24: Initial coding of qualitative research data is called _____
A. Facesheet codes
B. Priori codes
C. Co -occurring codes
D. First stage
25: Search for potential hierarchical arrangement of inductively generated categories in qualitative data analysis is hierarchical analysis
A. True
B. False
26: Which codes that are generated by a researcher by directly examining the data?
A. Facesheet codes
B. Priori codes
C. Co -occurring codes
D. Inductive codes
27: Consistency among different coders is _____ reliability
A. Interim
B. Intercoder
C. Intracoder
D. Invivo
28: The cyclical process of collecting and analyzing data during a single research study is _____ analysis
A. Interim
B. Intercoder
C. Intracoder
D. Invivo
29: Consistency within a single individual is _____ reliability
A. Interim
B. Intercoder
C. Intracoder
D. Invivo
30: Which codes that use the words of the research participants?
A. Invivo codes
B. Inductive codes
C. Facesheet codes
D. Priori codes
31: A matrix juxtaposing qualitative and quantitative results for cases, research questions, variables, outcomes, times, locations, or any other dimension of interest is joint display
A. True
B. False
32: A list of all the codes used in a research study is known as
A. Master list
B. Checklist
C. Proper list
D. All of these
33: Recording reflective notes about what you are learning from the data is called
A. Memory
B. Memoing
C. Codes
D. All of these
34: The use of both quantitative and qualitative analytical procedures in a research study is mixed data analysis
A. True
B. False
35: A set of categories that are separate or distinct is mutually exclusive categories
A. True
B. False
36: Which diagram showing the direct links between variables or events over time?
A. Network
B. Signal
C. Visual
D. All of these
37: Analysis is done by the participant, who examines and “analyzes” a set of visual images
A. True
B. False
38: Looking for relationships between categories/themes and demographic or other grouping factors is qualitative subgroup analysis is qualitative sub group analysis
A. True
B. False
39: Follow-up coding to organize codes/categories and determine their interrelationships for the research report is _____ stage coding
A. First
B. Second
C. Third
D. All of these
40: Dividing data into meaningful analytical units is called
A. Segmenting
B. Typology
C. Transcription
D. Theme
41: The identification and interpretation of symbolic meaning of visual data is semiotic visual analysis
A. True
B. False
42: The study of signs and what they mean in human cultures is called
A. Theme
B. Semiotics
C. Typology
D. Transcription
43: Identification of themes in the research findings is thematic analysis
A. True
B. False
44: A word, or more typically, a set of words denoting an important idea that occurs multiple times in your data is _____
A. Theme
B. Semiotics
C. Typology
D. Transcription
45: Transforming qualitative data into typed text is _____
A. Theme
B. Semiotics
C. Typology
D. Transcription
46: In which classification system that breaks something down into different types or kinds?
A. Theme
B. Semiotics
C. Typology
D. Transcription
47: The identification and counting of events, characteristics, or other phenomena in visual data is visual content analysis
A. True
B. False
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