CH 16 - Exam 2

Question 1

Qualitative articles gather lots of ___ information. Researchers usually gather information using a ___ ___

Answer 1

• narrative

- coding scheme

Question 2

A coding scheme breaks the data down into ___ for ___

Answer 2

• categories

- identification

Question 3

T/F : the coding process for a qualitative study can only occur one time and one narrative has one code

Answer 3

F : coding can occur multiple times, and one narrative can have multiple codes

Question 4

It is considered a difficult process to have a ___ coding scheme to appropriately labels each ___ ___

Answer 4

• finalized

- narative information

Question 5

What does CAQDAS stand for?

What does it do?

Answer 5

• Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software

- organize the narratives with labels

Question 6

If researchers are not using CAQDAS what do they have to do?

Answer 6

• have a folder for each code and organized the narratives that way

Question 7

Qualitative content analysis involves analyzing the content of narrative data to identify ___ ___ and __ amount the ___. Data is broken down into ___ which are grouped together based on ___ ___

Answer 7

• prominent themes
• patterns
• themes
• codes
• shared concepts

Question 8

What does manifest content represent in qualitative content analysis

Answer 8

what the text actually says

Question 9

___ ___ is when the researcher describes their interpretation of the content

Answer 9

latent content

researcher is reLAYING their thoughts

Question 10

What are the 3 parts of describing qualitative content analysis

Answer 10

• codes
• manifest content
• latent content

Question 11

What are Spradley’s 4 methods of data analysis for ethnographic analysis

Answer 11

• domain analysis
• taxonomic analysis
• componential analysis
• theme analysis

Question 12

Domains are ___ categories that represent ___ of cultural knowledge. Ethnographers identifies ___ ___ among terms in the domain used by members of the culture –> ___ and ___

Answer 12

• broad
• units
• relational patterns
• events and objects

Question 13

A taxonomy is a system of ___ and ___ terms

Answer 13

classifying and organizing

Question 14

describe taxonomic analysis

Answer 14

ethnographer selects how many domains will be described in depth to develop taxonomy

Question 15

Componential analysis is when the ethnographer analyzes data for ___ and ___ among cultural __ in a domain

Answer 15

• similarities and differences

- terms

Question 16

Cultural themes are uncovered and connected to __ to help provide a ___ view

Answer 16

• domains

- holistic

Question 17

What are the 3 (broad) methods for phenomenological analysis?
Is a single method sufficient?

Answer 17

• Duquesne School
• Utrecht school
• Heideggerian hermeneutics
• no - multiple methods are used

Question 18

What is the most common method of the Duquesne school?

What does it involve

Answer 18

• colaizzi

- going back to the participants to validate the results

Question 19

What is the most common method of the Utrecht school?

What does it involve?

Answer 19

• Van Manen
• analyzes participants description of events to identify themes that need further investigation through follow up interviews

Question 20

Which method uses exports artistic works for themes (broad category and method w/I that)

Answer 20

• Utrecht school

- van manen (van gogh)

Question 21

Hermeneutic circle signifies a methodological process where there is ___ movement b/t the __ and the __ of the text

Answer 21

• continual
• parts
• whole

Question 22

What is the goal for all of the methods used in phenomenological analysis?
(describe what through the identification of what)

Answer 22

describe the essential nature of an experience through the identification of specific themes

Question 23

What are the 2 main methods for analyzing data in a grounded theory analysis

Answer 23

• glaser

- strauss

Question 24

Glaserian uses ___ codes

Answer 24

substantive

Question 25

Substantive codes consist of what 3 things?

Answer 25

• open coding
• selective coding
• theoretical coding

Question 26

Describe open coding? (what does it use)

How does it break things down? (general)

Answer 26

• may use actual words of participants and captures what is going on in the data
• breaks down into 3 levels

Question 27

Describe the 3 levels of open coding

Which is the most specific?

Answer 27

• level 1 : 1st coding - most specific
• level 2 : groups of multiple level 1’s
• level 3 : identifies theoretical construct

Question 28

Open coding identifies a ___ ____ or ___ of behavior that is revenant for study participants

Answer 28

• core category

- pattern

Question 29

Selective coding develops codes focused on the ___ ___

Answer 29

core category

Question 30

___ codes provide insight into how substantive codes relate to each other

Answer 30

theoretical

Question 31

What is the outcome of the Glaser method for grounded theory analysis

Answer 31

emergent theory (discovery)

Question 32

Strassian uses what 3 types of coding

Answer 32

• open
• axial
• paradigms

Question 33

What type of coding links action-interaction within a framework of subconcepts that give it meaning and enable it to explain what interactions are occurring

Answer 33

axial

Question 34

A paradigm is a strategy to integrate ___ and ___

Answer 34

structure and process

Question 35

What is the outcome of the Strauss method for grounded theory analysis

Answer 35

conceptual description (verification)

Question 36

Which type of grounded theory analysis (Glaser or Strauss) conceptualizes data and compares incident to incident to allow patterns to emerge

Answer 36

glaser

Question 37

Which type of grounded theory analysis (Glaser or Strauss) conceptualizes data and takes apart single sentence, observation and incident

Answer 37

strauss

Question 38

All methods for grounded theory analysis use ___ comparison which includes comparing data…

Answer 38

• constant

- comparing data from one interview to another