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Questions

1. Design decisions evolve while the study is in progress in both qualitative and quantitative studies.

2. Qualitative researcher typically do not use masking or blinding in their inquiries.

3. Qualitative researchers collect probing, in-depth data from study participants at a single point in time rather than multiple times.

4. An ethnographic study of nurse-physician patterns of communication and interaction conducted by a nurse in his or her own hospital would be an autoethnography.

5. The etic perspective is the "insider's view"-the way the members of a culture see the world.

6. Phenomenologists focus on the manner by which people make sense of social interactions.

7. Bracketing refers to the process of separating qualitative data from quantitative data.

8. A hermeneutic circle has special relevance in interpretive phenomenological studies.

9. Grounded theory researchers seek to discover a main concern that people in certain circumstances face.

10. In narrative analysis, the focus is on people's stories.

11. In a qualitative study, sample size decisions are often guided by the principle of data saturation.

12. The sampling strategy that involves the selection of extreme cases is referred to as criterion sampling.

13. Qualitative researchers often strive to purposefully select sample members based on emerging information needs.

14. In maximum variation sampling, the researcher deliberately seeks to increase diversity in the characteristics of the sample members.

15. Qualitative samples tend to be small primarily because in-depth interviews are so time-consuming, there is insufficient time for large samples.

16. In focus group interviews, the groups typically include 15 to 20 participants.

17. Grand tour questions are often used to initiate a completely unstructured interview.

18. Researchers engage in activities of the group being studied in research using participant observation.

19. Participant observers use logs to maintain a factual record of events, conversations, and observations that occur during fieldwork.

20. Transferability in qualitative research is analogous to construct validity in quantitative research.