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Practice Quiz

Practice Quiz

This activity contains 20 questions.

	The purpose of qualitative data analysis is to   bring order to the data. establish cause and effect relationships. manipulate the data. triangulate.

	Which of the following is NOT characteristic of qualitative data?   Thick, rich descriptions Concise and succinct Voluminous Unorganized

	The purpose of qualitative data interpretation is to   bring order to the data. manipulate the data to reflect your preconceived notions of its meaning. make sense of what the data mean. establish relationships between variables.

	Which of the following is a characteristic of qualitative data analysis?   There is no single way to gain understanding of phenomena. Reality is described with language that potentially has different semantic meaning for the researcher and participants. Data is analyzed during and after data collection. All of these.

	Which of the following best describes the process of qualitative data analysis?   It is begun after all the data has been collected. It is an ongoing, inductive, cyclic process integrated into phases of the research process. It is an awkward, haphazard process. It builds from abstraction, to specific concrete examples.

	The logic of qualitative data analysis is described as   objective. deductive. inductive. subjective.

	The first step in qualitative data analysis is   coding the data. transcribing the data. managing the data. interpreting the data.

	Which of the following steps begins the analysis of qualitative data?   Reading and memoing Describing the content and participants Classifying and interpreting Data management

	Which of the following involves getting an initial sense of the data by considering field notes, transcripts, or observed comments?   Reading and memoing Describing the content and participants Classifying and interpreting Data management

	Why is describing the context equally as important an aspect of qualitative data analysis as describing the participants?   Descriptions of context are more objective than descriptions of participants. Descriptions of context are based on facts, not perceptions. Participants' behavior cannot be separated from the context in which it occurs. Participants are the context.

	Which of the following best differentiates data analysis from interpretation?   Interpretation requires more conceptual and integrative thinking than data analysis. Interpretation involves computerized analysis of data. Data analysis is explanatory and interpretation conceptual. Data analysis involves conceptualization, but interpretation does not.

	Which of the following strategies would you recommend to Dr. LeBlanc to analyze her data provided her research has been guided by a model of classroom assessment espoused by Haydel and Thomas?   Doing an organizational review Asking key questions Identifying themes Displaying findings

	Coding qualitative data involves   reducing data to a manageable form. attaching working labels to blocks of text. cutting and pasting data to index cards to increase your ability to organize it in alternative ways. all of these.

	Which of the following would you recommend to Mr. Paradise to begin the process of coding his data?   Organize the data into groups he feels are similar. Group data according to its source. Read through all of the data and attach working labels to blocks of text. Organize the data chronologically.

	Which of the following is an advantage of a computerized analysis of data?   The likelihood of reexamination of the data is diminished. The computer expedites the coding of data. The computerized analysis of qualitative data cannot be done without some experience doing so without a computer. A computerized analysis facilitates the analysis of large amounts of data.

	Which of the following best differentiates data analysis from interpretation?   Interpretation requires more conceptual and integrative thinking than data analysis. Interpretation involves computerized analysis of data. Data analysis is explanatory and interpretation conceptual. Data analysis involves conceptualization but interpretation does not.

	Which of the following describes the nature of qualitative data interpretation?   Reflection Integrative Explanatory All of these

	Which of the following is NOT a strategy that can guide data interpretation?   Pay attention to your topic or research focus as it will help guide your selection of important parts of your data. Examine categories with large amounts of data as they are likely identifying important concepts. Examine existing studies related to your topic to identify potential interpretive frameworks. Pay attention to your preconceived notions of the meaning of the data as it reflects a "grounded" perspective.

	Ms. Arnold has collected observational and interview data from administrators, teachers, and students across several settings (i.e., classroom, playground, lunchroom, and faculty lounge). She has found a great deal of consistency in her analysis regardless of the participants, type of data, or setting. What analytic tool has she used to suggest her interpretations are credible?   Prolonged field engagement Triangulation Negative case analysis All of these

	Which of the following would you recommend to a graduate student to ensure the quality of his research report?   Write a detailed explanation of the methods used to investigate the problem. Explicitly state the underlying assumptions related to the topic Acknowledge the limitations of generalizability while assisting the reader in understanding the transferability of the findings. All of these.

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