Practise

1. ‘Good qualitative research always begins with a hypothesis.’

a. always true

b. sometimes true

c. always false

d. sometimes false

e. an aspiration that is neither true nor false

Ans: C – always false. There’s no hypothesis as you do not know what patterns you will discover before you start your research.

2. Narrative Analysis [NA] is concerned with action and examines the activities that are performed when people talk with one another.’

a. always true

b. sometimes true

c. always false

d. sometimes false

e. an aspiration that is neither true nor false

Ans: A – always true. Narrative analysis is a genre of analytic frames whereby researchers interpret stories that are told within the context of research and/or are shared in everyday life.

3. Sequential analysis means ______.

a. locating data in what becomes before and after

b. comparing lots of different data

c. finding deviant cases

d. all of these

e. None of these

Ans: A – locating data in what becomes before and after

4. ‘In Grounded Theory [GT], theoretical sampling involves gathering new data to check hunches.’

a. always true

b. sometimes true

c. always false

d. sometimes false

e. an aspiration that is neither true nor false

Ans: A – always true. Grounded theory involves the collection and analysis of data. The theory is “grounded” in actual data, which means the analysis and development of theories happen after you have collected the data.