Multiple choice questions

1. Participant observation is most associated with:
   1.   ?    Qualitative research
   2.   ?    Quantitative research
   3.   ?    Numerical research
   4.   ?    Statistical research
2. The survey method is a form of:
   1.   ?    Qualitative research
   2.   ?    Quantitative research
   3.   ?    Words
   4.   ?    Binary opposition
3. The findings of quantitative research tend to have:
   1.   ?    Validity
   2.   ?    A standardised format
   3.   ?    Sampling errors
   4.   ?    An eclectic approach
4. The quantitative-qualitative binary
   1.   ?    Seeks commonalities
   2.   ?    Defines numbers
   3.   ?    Contrasts approaches
   4.   ?    Reduces difference
5. Numbers are most commonly associated with:
   1.   ?    The capacity to enrich data
   2.   ?    The capacity to condense information
   3.   ?    The capacity to enrich information
   4.   ?    The capacity to condense data
6. Words or writing have the capacity to
   1.   ?    Detail and to extend
   2.   ?    Deny and expunge
   3.   ?    Diminish and exchange
   4.   ?    Diversify and extol
7. In practice ‘words’ and ‘numbers’ are:
   1.   ?    Opposed
   2.   ?    Interchangeable
   3.   ?    Interlinked
   4.   ?    Optional
8. Quantitative research tends to focus on:
   1.   ?    Large numbers of categories
   2.   ?    Few categories
   3.   ?    Large numbers of variables and few cases
   4.   ?    Large numbers of cases and few variables
9. Numbers are most useful in:
   1.   ?    Fieldwork
   2.   ?    Quantitative work
   3.   ?    Framing
   4.   ?    Qualitative work
10. Framing research is a process of:
    1.   ?    The interaction of data and theory
    2.   ?    The interaction of numbers and words
    3.   ?    The interaction of cases and variables
    4.   ?    The interaction of binary oppositions
11. Fixed framing normally involves:
    1.   ?    Numerical research
    2.   ?    Statistical research
    3.   ?    Quantitative research
    4.   ?    Qualitative research
12. Qualitative research is better at:
    1.   ?    Making predictions
    2.   ?    Interpreting events
    3.   ?    Identifying patterns
    4.   ?    Testing theories
13. Ann Oakley identified that knowledge was:
    1.   ?    Objective
    2.   ?    Interlinked
    3.   ?    Reductionist
    4.   ?    Gendered
14. A deductive research strategy begins with:
    1.   ?    A possible set of answers
    2.   ?    An explanation
    3.   ?    A question or a problem
    4.   ?    An observation
15. The explanatory power of a survey is:
    1.   ?    Not much affected by the addition or removal of a few variables
    2.   ?    Valid and reliable
    3.   ?    Not much affected by the addition or removal of a few cases
    4.   ?    Much affected by the addition or removal of a few cases
16. Qualitative researchers seek:
    1.   ?    Parsimony
    2.   ?    Variability
    3.   ?    Reduction
    4.   ?    Richness
17. The political stance of qualitative research is:
    1.   ?    Tending reliable
    2.   ?    Tending radical
    3.   ?    Testing reliable
    4.   ?    Tending conservative
18. The interaction between theory and data builds:
    1.   ?    Categories
    2.   ?    Competency
    3.   ?    Class
    4.   ?    Causality
19. Muhammad Ali’s boxing record is an example of:
    1.   ?    A case and variable dataset
    2.   ?    An interaction of data and theory
    3.   ?    Large numbers of variables and few cases
    4.   ?    An eclectic approach
20. The start point for research is always either:
    1.   ?    Fixed or fluid
    2.   ?    Numbers or words
    3.   ?    Case or variable
    4.   ?    Subjective or objective
21. Depth in research is associated with:
    1.   ?    Using numbers and quantifying variations
    2.   ?    Using deduction
    3.   ?    Using surveys
    4.   ?    Using words and exploring qualities