Question 1

In qualitative research, the codes used by the researcher are words or concepts which the researcher identifies in the data as relevant or even key or critical to the study.

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Question 2

The third stage is the conclusions stage. In this stage the researcher draws minor conclusions from the data, as the process of data analysis unfolds. The question the researcher asks themselves in this stage is this - 'if this is what the data says, and these are the possible meanings of that, what are the implications of that?' The researcher tries to tease out the implications of the data. The data may have different implications for different parties to the research,
e.g. the participants in the research, the broader population of the study, the discipline, if there is a discipline, the area of business, if the research is situated within a particular area of business, and so on. The researcher tries to tease out the implications of the data for all of those parties.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

There is an emphasis in qualitative research in signalling throughout the research process and the writing up of the research an acknowledgement of and a respect for the basic humanity of research participants and the circumstances of their lives.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Language in qualitative research:

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A)   Is in some respects a technicist instrumentalist language.
B)   Softer in a sense than the language of quantitative research and quantitative data analysis.
C)   Tends to include words like instrument, subject, experiment, and test.
D)   Uses words like instrument rather than method, and research subjects rather than research participants, and words like experiment or test rather than words like explore, describe, detail, construct.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C) B

Question 5

If the methodology used in the research is narrative analysis:

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A)   Then the data analysis process will be phenomenological.
B)   Then the data analysis process will be a grounded theory approach to data analysis.
C)   Then the data analysis process will be the analysis of discourses.
D)   Then the data analysis process will be the analysis of narratives.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 6

Many of the data collection methods used in qualitative research:

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A)   Are designed to generate large quantitative data sets.
B)   Are highly structured and designed to be objective.
C)   Produce data that is language based, interview and focus group transcripts of the oral testimony of participants, written texts and documents.
D)   Are designed to generate data that can be analysed using inferential statistics.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 7

Define reflexivity.

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Question 8

In engaging in qualitative data analysis the researcher is above all concerned with the key concepts, the words or key phrases in the data. It is important to remember that concepts are the building blocks of theory. It is from the work of connecting concepts together that theories are developed, extended or changed.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Content analysis has application only in quantitative data analysis.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

In thematic analysis the researcher is focused on:

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A)   Narratives in the data and on identifying and interpreting the different narratives in the data.
B)   Themes in the data and on identifying and interpreting the different themes in the data.
C)   Discourses in the data and on identifying and interpreting the different discourses in the data.
D)   Identifying signs in the data, and on describing and interpreting the way in which signs are used in the data, and the meanings of the signs in the data.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 11

In qualitative data analysis there are different approaches to the process of analysis, depending on the needs of the study and depending on the design of the study.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Atlas ti and NVivo are both:

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A)   Computer software packages designed for the analysis of qualitative data.
B)   Computer software packages designed for the analysis of quantitative data.
C)   Computer software packages designed for statistical analysis.
D)   Computer software packages designed for use in project management.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 13

The final stage in the four stages approach to data analysis is theorisation. In this stage, the researcher looks back at the theoretical framework outlined in the literature review chapter or section of the study. The researcher examines the literature review to see if and how the findings of their study fit with or contradict the findings of the studies and the theorists as they have presented them in their literature review. The researcher, in writing the data analysis stage of the research, demonstrates how their findings fit with, or contradict, the findings of other (published) research project. The researcher shows how, in the writing of the data analysis section or chapter of the research project, the research s/he is carrying out fits with the research published in the field or area. This is the process of theorisation. This is the way in which the researcher knits their research into the body of knowledge. This is the way in which the researcher makes a contribution to the body of knowledge.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The fundamental aim of qualitative research is to uncover the subjective meanings participants make of the phenomenon under investigation. Within qualitative research, there is an acknowledgement of the role that the researcher plays in creating meaning, through their essential selection, description and interpretation of the data they gather for the research project.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

If the methodology used in the research is discourse analysis:

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A)   Then the data analysis process will be phenomenological.
B)   Then the data analysis process will be a grounded theory approach to data analysis.
C)   Then the data analysis process will be the analysis of discourses.
D)   Then the data analysis process will be a semiotic approach to data analysis.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 16

The analytical framework is the:

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A)   First framework in the four frameworks approach to the research project.
B)   Second framework in the four frameworks approach to the research project.
C)   Third framework in the four frameworks approach to the research project.
D)   Fourth framework in the four frameworks approach to the research project.E) None of the above
F) A) and D) D

Question 17

Within qualitative research:

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A)   There is no acknowledgement of the role that the researcher plays in creating meaning, through their essential selection, description and interpretation of the data they gather for the research project.
B)   There is an acknowledgement of the role that the researcher plays in creating meaning, through their essential selection, description and interpretation of the data they gather for the research project:
C)   The researcher has no role in making meaning. Meaning is apart from the researcher.
D)   The researcher has little role in making meaning.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 18

In the first stage of data analysis, we describe what is there in the data, what is evident in the data.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

In quantitative research the researcher is completely written out of the analysis.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 20

Reflexivity calls for an acknowledgement on the part of the researcher. :

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A)   Of the financial cost of the research.
B)   Of the responses of participants to the research.
C)   Of their role in the research project.
D)   Of the ethical issues in the research.E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

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