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Chapter 18 Multiple choice questions
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Chapter 18 Multiple choice questions
Sampling in qualitative research
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What is purposive sampling?
A random sampling approach
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A sandwich sampling approach
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A not-for-profit sampling approach
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A non-probability form of sampling
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What are examples of purposive sampling?
Theoretical and snowboarding
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Theoretical and snowballing
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Theoretical and random
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Random and probability
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What is theoretical saturation?
It is when the theory is getting dense and hard to read.
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It is when your sampling is difficult and you can't sample any more.
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It is when you carry on sampling theoretically until a category has been saturated with data.
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It is the accumulation of all the background theoretical knowledge for your research.
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Snowball sampling is
All of the below
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A form of convenience sampling
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Not a random sampling approach
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A method where the researcher makes contact with a small group of people and uses them to make contact with others.
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According to Onwuegbuzie and Collins (2007), 'Sample size should be not be so small to make it hard to achieve' what three objectives?
Theoretical saturation, transfat saturation and informational redundancy.
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Data saturation, theoretical saturation, or informational redundancy.
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Theoretical saturation and employment redundancy.
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Data saturation, snowballing, or informational redundancy.
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Why is an ethnographic study unlikely to use a probability sample?
Because the aim of understanding is more important than that of generalization.
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Because the researcher cannot control who is willing to talk to them.
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Because it is difficult to identify a sampling frame.
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All of the above.
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What is generic purposive sampling?
When the researcher purposely creates a generic sampling frame.
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When the researcher establishes criteria concerning the kinds of cases needed to address the research questions, identifies appropriate cases, and then samples from those cases that have been identified.
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When the researcher establishes a generic set of questions to ask his or her participants.
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When the researcher reviews many samples generically.
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Can more than one sampling approach be used?
Yes
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No
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Not sure
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What is sampling?
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In addition to people, what else can we sample as researchers?
Context and Snowballing
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Context and construct
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Context and Time
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Context and Participant personalities
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Which of the following are purposive sampling approaches?
Critical case sampling
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Criterion sampling
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Opportunistic sampling
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All of the above
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