Principles and Perspectives Flashcards
“AIDS does not exist apart from the practices that conceptualise it, represent it, and respond to it.”This quotation is associated with which epistemological/theoretical framework?
a. ) Contextualism
b. ) Positivism
c. ) Social Constructionism
d. ) Phenomenology
c.) Social Constructionism
‘The process of critically reflecting on the content and process of the knowledge we produce’ is a definition of which key concept in qualitative research?
a. ) Subjectivity
b. ) Epistemology
c. ) Reflexivity
d. ) Ontology
c.) Reflexivity
Qualitative research is primarily concerned with…?
a. ) Generating rich data
b. ) Large numbers of participants
c. ) Generating broad data
d. ) Seeking relationships between variables
c.) Generating broad data
‘The theory or philosophy of the nature of reality and being’ is a definition of which of the following concepts?
a. ) Epistemology
b. ) Reflexivity
c. ) Subjectivity
d. ) Ontology
d.) Ontology
A sample of 50 participants in a qualitative interview study is?
a. ) A relatively large sample
b. ) Too small to generate meaningful results
c. ) An average sized sample
d. ) Too large to generate meaningful results
a.) A relatively large sample
One of the most common types of sampling used in qualitative research is?
a. ) Random sampling
b. ) Purposive sampling
c. ) Stratified sampling
d. ) Maximum heterogeneity sampling
b.) Purposive sampling
A sample is saturated in an interview study when?
a. ) No new information is emerging from your interviews
b. ) You have interviewed about 30 participants
c. ) You have interview about 90 participants
d. ) You have interviewed each participant twice
a.) No new information is emerging from your interviews
Three types of sampling commonly used in qualitative research include:
a. ) Random, snowball and convenience
b. ) Stratified, random and convenience
c. ) Purpose, convenience and random
d. ) Snowball, purposive and convenience
d.) Snowball, purposive and convenience
The ‘usual suspects’ are:
a. ) The people least likely to be invited to participate in qualitative research
b. ) The white, middle class people that tend to dominate qualitative research samples
c. ) The people that are hard-to-engage in research
d. ) The population that is often least accessible to researchers
b.) The white, middle class people that tend to dominate qualitative research samples
Hidden populations are:
a. ) Ones that seek to avoid participating in research
b. ) Ones that are less visible to researchers
c. ) Ones that should only be included in maximum heterogeneity samples
d. ) Ones that tend to dominate convenience samples
b.) Ones that are less visible to researchers
Hard-to-engage participant groups are:
a. ) Ones that perceive little value in research participation
b. ) Ones that will only participate in research in return for money
c. ) Ones that insist on being interviewed at the weekend
d. ) Ones that only want to participate in research that will have some tangible impact on service provision to vulnerable groups in society
a.) Ones that perceive little value in research participation
One of the advantages of being an insider researcher is that:
a. ) Participants are more likely to disclose socially undesirable behaviour
b. ) Interviews are quicker to conduct
c. ) You can join in the focus group discussions you are moderating
d. ) It can be easier to establish rapport and trust with the participant group
d.) It can be easier to establish rapport and trust with the participant group
People’s rights as voluntary participants include the right…:
a. ) To be paid for their research participation
b. ) To receive a copy of their interview transcript and a copy of the final research report
c. ) To express their views in whatever way they choose to
d. ) To stop data collection at any time without giving a reason
d.) To stop data collection at any time without giving a reason
It’s important to collect demographic data from participants because:
a. ) This enables participants to be more easily identified by people who know them
b. ) This enables the researcher to generalise their results
c. ) This helps the participants to identify themselves in the report of the research
d. ) This enables the researcher to conduct good quality research by ‘situating their sample’
d.) This enables the researcher to conduct good quality research by ‘situating their sample’
