Analysing Data

Question 1

When transcribing interview and focus group data, it’s important to:

a. ) Transcribe the data as soon as possible after the interview/focus group
b. ) Leave a gap between the interview/focus group and transcribing it
c. ) Clean up people’s speech
d. ) Only transcribe what seems relevant to the research question

Answer 1

a.) Transcribe the data as soon as possible after the interview/focus group

Question 2

To produce a ‘good enough’ transcript of an hour long interview it takes about:

a. ) An hour
b. ) A day
c. ) Three days
d. ) A week

Answer 2

b.) A day

Question 3

Errors in transcription:

a. ) Are nothing to worry about
b. ) Are inevitable
c. ) Can change the meaning of the data
d. ) Can be avoided by using a transcription notation system

Answer 3

c.) Can change the meaning of the data

Question 4

An orthographic transcript:

a. ) Is the correct form of transcription for discursive psychology
b. ) Captures how things are said as well as what is said
c. ) Captures spoken words and other sounds
d. ) Must include laughter and pauses

Answer 4

c.) Captures spoken words and other sounds

Question 5

Transcription isn’t straightforward because:

a. ) It is boring
b. ) You have to choose how you translate from spoken to written speech
c. ) You must capture how things are said
d. ) It is time-consuming

Answer 5

b.) You have to choose how you translate from spoken to written speech

Question 6

Which of the following are examples of experiential qualitative approaches?

a. ) Thematic analysis, grounded theory and interpretative phenomenological analysis
b. ) Thematic analysis, discursive psychology and grounded theory
c. ) Discursive psychology, narrative analysis and conversation analysis

d.) Conversation analysis, thematic analysis and grounded theory

Answer 6

a.) Thematic analysis, grounded theory and interpretative phenomenological analysis

Question 7

Which of the following are examples of critical qualitative approaches?

a. ) Thematic analysis and conversation analysis
b. ) Thematic discourse analysis and discursive psychology
c. ) Grounded theory and interpretative phenomenological analysis
d. ) Interpretative phenomenological analysis and narrative analysis

Answer 7

b.) Thematic discourse analysis and discursive psychology

Question 8

‘What are the main experiential features of being angry?’ Which qualitative approach would be most appropriate to answer this research question?

a. ) Grounded theory
b. ) Constructionist thematic analysis
c. ) Interpretative phenomenological analysis
d. ) Poststructuralist discourse analysis

Answer 8

c.) Interpretative phenomenological analysis

Question 9

‘This method of analysis aims to understand people’s lived experience and the meanings they attach to their experiences’. Is this a definition of?

a. ) Interpretative phenomenological analysis
b. ) Discourse analysis
c. ) Narrative analysis
d. ) Grounded theory

Answer 9

a.) Interpretative phenomenological analysis

Question 10

Which method of analysis is concerned with the role of discourse in wider social processes of legitimation and power?

a. ) Poststructuralist discourse analysis
b. ) Thematic analysis
c. ) Narrative analysis
d. ) Discursive psychology

Answer 10

a.) Poststructuralist discourse analysis

Question 11

Which approach to analysis focuses on how participants use language in order to manage stake in social interactions?

a. ) Thematic analysis
b. ) Grounded theory
c. ) Narrative analysis
d. ) Discursive psychology

Answer 11

d.) Discursive psychology

Question 12

Which approach to analysis assumes that discursive constructions are implicated in the ways in which we experience ourselves?

a. ) Grounded theory
b. ) Poststructuralist discourse analysis
c. ) Thematic discourse analysis
d. ) Interpretative phenomenological analysis

Answer 12

b.) Poststructuralist discourse analysis

Question 13

Which approach to analysis particularly favours homogeneous samples?

a. ) Thematic analysis
b. ) Discourse analysis
c. ) Interpretative phenomenological analysis
d. ) Grounded theory

Answer 13

c.) Interpretative phenomenological analysis

Question 14

Which of the following approaches to qualitative analysis recommend immersion in the data as a first stage of analysis?

a. ) Interpretative phenomenological analysis
b. ) Grounded theory
c. ) Thematic analysis
d. ) All of the above

Answer 14

d.) All of the above

Question 15

Which qualitative approach is particularly associated with more detailed approaches to transcription?

a. )Thematic analysis
b. ) Discursive psychology
c. ) Grounded theory
d. ) Interpretative phenomenological analysis

Answer 15

b.) Discursive psychology

Question 16

Conversation analysts value which of the following types of data?

a. ) Secondary sources
b. ) Interviews
c. ) Ordinary social interactions
d. ) Focus groups

Answer 16

c.) Ordinary social interactions

Question 17

When writing up your analysis you should:

a. ) Keep data extracts to an absolute minimum
b. ) Have more data extracts than analytic commentary
c. ) Have roughly equal proportions of data extracts and analytic commentary
d. ) Repeat key data quotes throughout the analysis

Answer 17

c.) Have roughly equal proportions of data extracts and analytic commentary

Question 18

When writing up your analysis you should:

a. ) Keep data extracts to an absolute minimum
b. ) Have more data extracts than analytic commentary
c. ) Have roughly equal proportions of data extracts and analytic commentary
d. ) Repeat key data quotes throughout the analysis

Answer 18

c.) Have roughly equal proportions of data extracts and analytic commentary

Question 19

Which types of research questions can be addressed using both thematic analysis and IPA:

a. ) Questions about experience
b. ) Questions about language practice
c. ) Questions about representation
d. ) Questions about construction

Answer 19

a.) Questions about experience

Question 20

Constructionist thematic analysis is similar to:

a. ) Interpretative phenomenological analysis
b. ) Conversation analysis
c. ) Narrative analysis
d. ) Thematic discourse analysis

Answer 20

d.) Thematic discourse analysis

Question 21

Advanced memos in grounded theory are used to:

a. ) Explore initial codes
b. ) Direct further data collection
c. ) Develop and describe categories
d. ) Explore in vivo codes

Answer 21

c.) Develop and describe categories

Question 22

Which of the following research questions are ideally suited to thematic analysis?

a. ) Questions about experiences
b. ) Questions about perceptions and understandings
c. ) Questions about representation
d. ) All of the above

Answer 22

d.) All of the above: experiences, perceptions and understandings, representation