Question 1
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“AIDS does not exist apart from the practices that conceptualise it, represent it, and respond to it.” (Crimp, 1988, p. 3). This quotation is associated with which epistemological/theoretical framework?
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Contextualism
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Positivism
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Social constructionism
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Phenomenology
Question 2
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‘The process of critically reflecting on the content and process of the knowledge we produce’ is a definition of which key concept in qualitative research?
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Subjectivity
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Epistemology
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Reflexivity
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Ontology
Question 3
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Which of the following key concepts are associated with qualitative research?
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Reflexivity, objectivity and subjectivity
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Reflexivity, subjectivity and generating meaning and understanding
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Subjectivity, reliability and generating meaning and understanding
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Objectivity, reliability and validity
Question 4
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Qualitative research is primarily concerned with…?
Question 5
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Qualitative research is primarily concerned with…?
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Collecting participants’ responses to pre-determined categories
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Representativeness in sampling
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Participants’ language and concepts
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Avoiding bias
Question 6
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Which is a key feature of qualitative research?
Question 7
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Qualitative research is primarily concerned with…?
Question 8
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‘The theory or philosophy of the nature of reality and being’ is a definition of which of the following concepts?
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Epistemology
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Reflexivity
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Subjectivity
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Ontology
Question 9
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A sample of 50 participants in a qualitative interview study is?
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A relatively large sample
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Too small to generate meaningful results
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An average sized sample
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Too large to generate meaningful results
Question 10
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One of the most common types of sampling used in qualitative research is?
Question 11
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A sample is saturated in an interview study when?
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No new information is emerging from your interviews
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You have interviewed about 30 participants
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You have interview about 90 participants
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You have interviewed each participant twice
Question 12
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Three types of sampling commonly used in qualitative research include:
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Random, snowball and convenience
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Stratified, random and convenience
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Purpose, convenience and random
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Snowball, purposive and convenience
Question 13
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The ‘usual suspects’ are:
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The people least likely to be invited to participate in qualitative research
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The white, middle class people that tend to dominate qualitative research samples
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The people that are hard-to-engage in research
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The population that is often least accessible to researchers
Question 14
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Hidden populations are:
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Ones that seek to avoid participating in research
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Ones that are less visible to researchers
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Ones that should only be included in maximum heterogeneity samples
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Ones that tend to dominate convenience samples
Question 15
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Hard-to-engage participant groups are:
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Ones that perceive little value in research participation
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Ones that will only participate in research in return for money
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Ones that insist on being interviewed at the weekend
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Ones that only want to participate in research that will have some tangible impact on service provision to vulnerable groups in society
Question 16
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Insider researchers are:
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Biased
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A member of the group they are researching
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Not a member of the group they are researching
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Simultaneously conducting their own research project and participating in someone else’s research
Question 17
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One of the advantages of being an insider researcher is that:
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Participants are more likely to disclose socially undesirable behaviour
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Interviews are quicker to conduct
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You can join in the focus group discussions you are moderating
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It can be easier to establish rapport and trust with the participant group
Question 18
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Participant information sheets should:
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Be as short as possible to avoid confusing participants
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Include technical terms, to display the accurate scientific information
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Provide participants with an appropriate amount of information, to allow them to make an informed decision about participation
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Conceal the true aims of the research to ensure that participants aren’t too influenced by the researcher
Question 19
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Information about possible sources of support should:
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Be given to all participants
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Only be given to participants who cry during an interview
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Only be included on a debrief sheet
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Only be given to participants who ask for it
Question 20
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People’s rights as voluntary participants include the right...:
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To be paid for their research participation
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To receive a copy of their interview transcript and a copy of the final research report
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To express their views in whatever way they choose to
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To stop data collection at any time without giving a reason
Question 21
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It’s important to collect demographic data from participants because:
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This enables participants to be more easily identified by people who know them
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This enables the researcher to generalise their results
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This helps the participants to identify themselves in the report of the research
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This enables the researcher to conduct good quality research by ‘situating their sample’
Question 22
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On demographic sheets it is common to ask for information about:
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People’s age and race/ethnicity
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People’s age and monthly income
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People’s monthly income and educational level
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People’s height and weight
Question 23
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You should never ask participants about their:
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Sexuality
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Religious beliefs
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Genital piercings
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None of the above
Question 24
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Which of the following statements best describes why some people choose to do qualitative research:
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Because it’s more objective than quantitative research
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Because it’s easier than quantitative research
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Because they find statistics really difficult
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Because they are interesting in language and meaning
Question 25
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Bias is not a meaningful concept when critiquing qualitative researcher because:
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Qualitative research is objective
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Qualitative research recognises ‘bias’ as an inevitable component of research
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Qualitative research is the poor cousin of quantitative research
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Qualitative research is unscientific