Chapter 13 Practice Quiz

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. What was the focus of Snow and Anderson's research on the homeless?

how the homeless used available resources for their physical survival on the streets. correct incorrect

homeless people's lifestyles and their sense of self and identity. correct incorrect

personal and social factors that led to homelessness. correct incorrect

factors that enabled individuals to escape homelessness. correct incorrect

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. In field research, data are transformed into more readable text by

transcribing audiotape recordings of field notes dictated by the researcher. correct incorrect

expanding field jottings into more complete field notes. correct incorrect

eliminating extraneous information recorded in field notes. correct incorrect

organizing field notes into theoretically relevant categories. correct incorrect

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. Which type of filing system did Snow and Anderson use to manage their data in the homeless field study?

physical correct incorrect

Microsoft WORD correct incorrect

Excel correct incorrect

CAQDAS program correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is not a type of data display in qualitative analysis?

taxonomy correct incorrect

data matrix correct incorrect

typology correct incorrect

codebook correct incorrect

flow chart correct incorrect

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. Lareau used the terms "concerted cultivation" and "accomplishment of natural growth" to create a __________ of class differences in childrearing.

taxonomy correct incorrect

data matrix correct incorrect

typology correct incorrect

flow chart correct incorrect

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. Exceptions to patterns in qualitative data

generally are treated as outliers that should be ignored. correct incorrect

undermine the validity of an empirical pattern. correct incorrect

may strengthen the credibility of an observed pattern by virtue of their rarity. correct incorrect

are often overlooked because of the ambiguity of the data. correct incorrect

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. In vivo coding uses __________ as codes; action coding uses __________ as codes.

common nouns; regular verbs correct incorrect

diagnostic labels; activity labels correct incorrect

life words; participles correct incorrect

people's own words; gerunds correct incorrect

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. Which of the following forms of qualitative analysis emphasizes memo-writing?

grounded theory methods correct incorrect

narrative analysis correct incorrect

conversation analysis correct incorrect

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. Narrative analysis may involve all but which one of the following forms of analysis?

identification of themes correct incorrect

comparison of multiple stories within a single case correct incorrect

comparison of multiple stories across cases correct incorrect

classification of the parts of a story correct incorrect

application of Jeffersonian transcribing conventions correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is true of conversation analysis?

It examines large samples of conversation. correct incorrect

It emphasizes semantic differences between communicators. correct incorrect

It focuses on structure, sequencing, and word choice. correct incorrect

It combines quantitative (word counts) and qualitative (word meaning) analysis. correct incorrect