If a qualitative researcher wanted to learn a community organization's pattern of recruitment over time, the researcher might begin by interviewing a fairly recent recruit and asking who introduced that person to the organization. Then the researcher might interview the person named and ask who introduced that person to the community organization. This would be an example of
a. snowball sampling.
b. systematic sampling.
c. deviant cases sampling.
d. accidental sampling.
e. quota sampling.
A
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Match the key term with its description:
1. Interview schedule 2. Cognitive interview 3. Interpretive questions 4. Context effects a. The influence of question order on how questions are answered b. Questions added to a survey to help interpret respondents’ answers c. Follow-up questions to see how a question was interpreted by respondents d. A set of questions used for an in-person or phone survey
What factor sometimes influences an Institutional Review Board to
approve a research study that requires the use of deception? A. The findings of the research would be likely to be beneficial to society. B. The knowledge sought can be acquired in some other way. C. The research participants may be harmed by the deception. D. The IRB is really interested in the topic.
According to human rights workers, Free Trade Zones
a. are good for the poorest populations in developing countries because it gives them the opportunity to work and become self-supportive. b. allow western companies, such as Nike and Wal-mart, to circumvent local trade regulations such as minimum wage, working hour limits and child labor laws, as an incentive to open factories in their impoverished countries, thereby contributing to human rights violations. c. are good because bureaucracy is limited and tax breaks are granted, thus reducing poverty. d. ensure market equality worldwide, particularly between the Global North and the Global South.
One purpose in asking mother and father to change chairs, in the case of the shy and withdrawn teenage girl described in the text, was:
a. to make each more comfortable b. to fulfill father's request, although mother objected c. to bring father into the picture as an involved parent d. to grant the daughter's request for the change