Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

Question

1. Qualitative analysis focuses on numbers instead of texts.
2. Qualitative analysis involves both deductive and inductive reasoning.
3. If a researcher uncovers an anomalous finding, he or she should avoid mentioning it when discussing the results.
4. The authors encourage qualitative researchers to share preliminary results with others so that they can receive feedback.
5. In qualitative research, the collection of data and their analysis occur together.
6. No set standards exist for evaluating the validity or “authenticity” of conclusions in a qualitative study.
7. Comparing conclusions from a qualitative research project to those obtained by other researchers conducting similar projects can increase confidence in authenticity.
8. A researcher’s personal experiences could affect how he or she interprets events.
9. Replication increases the generalizability of qualitative research.
10. Ethnographic research is commonly carried out by a research team.
11. Ethnomethodologists focus on how individuals construct reality.
12. Qualitative comparative analysis combines elements of quantitative and qualitative analyses
13. The case-oriented understanding method attempts to understand a phenomenon from an objective reality.
14. A researcher should stop coding data when he or she has reached a predetermined arbitrary number of codes (e.g., 50 codes).
15. Some qualitative researchers embrace a positivistic perspective.

Answer 1

1. False
2. True
3. False
4. True
5. True
6. True
7. True
8. True
9. True
10. False
11. True
12. True
13. False
14. False
15. True