Exam 9: Field Research and Qualitative Methods

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Observational research can be affected b...

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A) participant as observer
B) observer as participant
C) complete participant
D) observer as observer

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A) Field researchers actually see or hear the behaviors that are the data for the research.
B) It involves making observations of people in their natural settings.
C) It is most consistent with the positivist paradigm.
D) Field researchers actually see or hear the behaviors that are the data for the research and it involves making observations of people in their natural settings.

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A) Snowball sampling is rarely used.
B) Targeted sampling is rarely used.
C) Nonprobability samples are widely used.
D) Probability samples are widely used.

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A) a running description of what occurs
B) a description of the statistical procedures used in data analysis
C) previous episodes that were forgotten at the time but are recalled while in the field
D) personal impressions and feelings

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A) It can help assess the validity of observations.
B) It makes for more interesting research reports.
C) It makes it possible to use field notes.
D) Hypotheses in field research typically deal with such behavior.

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A) the researcher may lose his or her objective, scientific perspective.
B) the researcher may become too objective and not perceive things from the perspective of group members.
C) verstehen may be irreversibly lost.
D) it becomes difficult to conduct time sampling.

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A) positivists
B) subjectivists
C) those who adopt the verstehen perspective
D) interactionists

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