How to Design and Evaluate Research in Education, 5/e

Jack R. Fraenkel, San Francisco State University
Norman E. Wallen, San Francisco State University

The Nature of Qualitative

True/False


1	Qualitative research refers to research investigations of the quality of relationships, activities, situations, or materials.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


2	Key actors are people in any group who are well informed about the culture and history of the group.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


3	Recording data from the individual being interviewed is a paramount expectation in any proper interview.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


4	Qualitative and quantitative research methods are never used together in a study.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


5	Qualitative researchers generally formulate a hypothesis beforehand and then seek to test it.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


6	Quantitative and qualitative researchers are in agreement on philosophical assumptions.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


7	Qualitative data are collected mainly in the form of words or pictures and seldom involve numbers. Content analysis is a primary method of data analysis.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


8	A foreshadowed problem is a problem in internal validity.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


9	Generalizing in qualitative research is based on the sampling method.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


10	An important check on the validity and reliability of the researcher's interpretations in qualitative research is to compare one informant's description of something with another informant's description of the same thing.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE

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