According to Aurini, Heath, and Howells, what is a primary goal of qualitative research?
a. Capturing the context and meaning of individual and group life and understanding how people make sense of the world around them
b. Examining macro-level data
c. Understanding general research trends
d. Engaging students
Ans: a
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Anthropologist Carol Stack studied a low-income, African American neighborhood called the Flats to further investigate the conclusions of the Moynihan report. Her research documented matriarchy
a. in both families and in the community. b. inside families but not in the community. c. in the community but not in family relationships. d. in neither the community nor in family relationships.
Which method for establishing reliability does not depend on using the measure itself?
a. test-retest reliability b. split-half reliability c. face reliability d. research worker reliability e. conceptualization of feelings
Current standards of ethical behavior for ethnographers require which of the following?
a. giving the names and addresses of all people in the study. b. protecting people's identity by assuring them confidentiality and anonymity. c. taking a covert role in the setting. d. none of the above
Which of the following is true about childbirth?
A. In the 1980s people began to question the medicalization of childbirth, and today the C-section rates are among the lowest they have been in over 50 years. B. C-sections are the most common form of operation in the United States. C. Most women who have had a home birth would prefer their next birth to be in a hospital because of the better birth outcomes in hospitals. D. The World Health Organization (WHO) argues that almost 20 percent of C-sections performed in the United States are medically unnecessary, potentially dangerous, and don’t improve infant or maternal mortality statistics.