Terminology of Qualitative Research

Question 1

_____ research focuses on the context & meaning behind data:

Answer 1

Qualitative

Question 2

_____ research focuses on the relationships between data & their outcomes:

Answer 2

Quantitative

Question 3

“Ontology” refers to:

Answer 3

One’s views on human reality

Question 4

In ontology, ____ suggests that there is one “true” reality, independent of individual perception:

Answer 4

Realism

Question 5

In ontology, ____ suggests that people have different realities, relative to individual perception:

Answer 5

Relativism

Question 6

An “epistemology” refers to:

Answer 6

What we know & how we know it

Question 7

If I have a(n) _____ epistemology, I believe that knowledge is discovered & considered to be true until disproven:

Answer 7

Positivist

Question 8

If I have a(n) ____ epistemology, I believe that knowledge is generated by attempts to find meaning in the world:

Answer 8

Constructivist

Question 9

Discourses are:

Answer 9

Patterns of language about a concept

Question 10

Identities are:

Answer 10

Notions of the self that draw upon discourses

Question 11

A ruling or dominant concept in a societal or political context is:

Answer 11

Hegemonic

Question 12

_____ were developed as a way to combat harmful, deceitful and prejudiced studies:

Answer 12

Ethics

Question 13

_____ refers to a researcher’s self-awareness of how s/he influences the research:

Answer 13

Reflexivity

Question 14

“Snowball” sampling is a method of sampling where:

Answer 14

Already-recruited participants help recruit new participants

Question 15

____ refers to the ability to produce a desired outcome:

Answer 15

Efficacy

Question 16

________ is an individual’s subjective perception of their ability to perform & attain their desired results:

Answer 16

Self-efficacy

Question 17

A “typology” does what?

Answer 17

Classifies the general “type” of something

Question 18

If something is “temporal,” then it relates to what concept?

Answer 18

Time