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

1. Theoretical sampling focuses on particular processes and selecting individual or settings that permit comparisons to be made.
2. Deviant cases that offer a contrast should not be sampled
3. Field notes refer to those notes taken while a researcher is in the field.
4. The correspondence between researchers’ social attributes, such as age, sex, and race, and those of their subjects shapes the relationships and rapport that form during participant observation
5. Systematic observational strategies are commonly used in qualitative studies.


1. TRUE
2. FALSE
3. FALSE
4. TRUE
5. FALSE

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