Start Discovering Solved Questions and Your Course Assignments
TextBooks Included
Active Tutors
Asked Questions
Answered Questions
What are the main points of difference between CAQDAS and quantitative data analysis software like SPSS?
How does the emphasis on stories in narrative analysis provide a distinctive approach to the analysis of qualitative data?
What advantages might the focus group method offer in contrast to an individual qualitative interview?
Outline the relative advantages and disadvantages of qualitative interviewing and participant observation.
Why has the qualitative interview become such a prominent research method for feminist researchers?
Why might the life history interview be significant for a researcher employing a narrative analysis approach?
What key questions might a CDA practitioner ask in seeking to reveal the meaning of globalization discourses?
What is meant by each of the following: turn-taking; adjacency pair; preference organization; account; repair mechanism?
In what ways is CA fundamentally about the production of social order in interaction? Why are audio-recording and transcription crucial in CA?
In what ways does the role of language in conversation and discourse analysis differ from that which is typical in most other research methods?
How far do the greater problems of transcription and difficulty of analysis undermine the potential of focus groups?
How does purposive sampling differ from probability sampling and why do many qualitative researchers prefer to use the former?
How compelling is Denzin and Lincoln's (2005b) marking-out of distinct ‘moments' in the history of qualitative research?
What might be the role of key informants in ethnographic research? Is there anything to be concerned about when using them?
Examine some articles in British sociology journals in which ethnography and participant observation figure strongly.
Why might it be important to remember in purposive sampling that it is not just people who are candidates for consideration in sampling issues?
To what extent does theoretical sampling assist the qualitative researcher in making decisions about sample size?
Why might it be significant to distinguish between the different levels at which sampling can take place in a qualitative research project?
What is the difference between manifest and latent content? What are the implications of the distinction for content analysis?
How far do you agree with the view that structured observation works best when used in conjunction with other research methods?
What are the differences between the four types of variable outlined in this chapter: interval/ratio; ordinal; nominal; and dichotomous?
Prepare an opening statement for a study of manual workers in a firm, to which access has already been achieved.
Why might a survey researcher prefer to use a structured rather than an unstructured interview approach for gathering data?
What factors would you take into account in deciding how large your sample should be when devising a probability sample?
A researcher positions herself on a street corner and asks 1 person in 5 who walks by to be interviewed. How likely is she to achieve a representative sample?