The determining factor for a researcher in selecting a qualitative research approach should be what?
a. The need to test a theory
b. The nature of the research question
c. The age and gender of the research participants
d. The availability of valid instruments to measure the phenomenon
ANS: B
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A Qualitative studies are often represented as theory-generating, not theory-testing, studies.
B Each research method originates in a philosophy of research and matches the nature of the research question.
C These demographic variables may be characteristics of subjects or participants in quantitative or qualitative research studies.
D Instruments to measure variables are not used in qualitative research studies.
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