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11) The process of concept formation for qualitative researchers begins A) during the review of literature. B) once all the data has been collected. C) after a research question has been constructed. D) before the data has been collected. E) during the collection of the data. 12) According to the grounded theory approach, in what order should a researcher code qualitative data? A) Open coding, selective coding, axial coding B) Open coding, axial coding, selective coding C) Selective coding, open coding, axial coding D) Axial coding, selective coding, open coding E) Selective coding, axial coding, open coding 13) While analyzing qualitative data, research assistant Evan Evangelista made a first pass through his notes. He read slowly and put a preliminary label in the notes to identify themes in the data. Evan was using A) open coding. B) axial coding. C) selective coding. D) contingency coding. E) divergent coding. 14) Which one of the following features is a specific benefit of axial coding? A) Axial coding reinforces the connections between evidence and concepts. B) Axial coding serves the benefit of reducing mountains of raw data into manageable piles. C) Axial coding makes it possible to quickly retrieve relevant parts of the data. D) Axial coding allows the researcher to locate ideas in the data and assign initial codes to these ideas. E) Axial coding makes it possible for the researcher to scan the data and also the previously developed codes in order to determine a core category around which any remaining categories can “fit.” 15) When analyzing his qualitative data, Professor Morton Moskowich made a last pass through notes, skimming previous codes. He looked for specific information or data that was related to the main themes he had already identified. This is called A) open coding. B) axial coding. C) selective coding. D) contingency coding. E) divergent coding. 16) When writing analytic memos, a qualitative researcher should A) date each memo to identify developments in thinking. B) put multiple ideas in one memo to save space and time. C) blend data notes and analytic notes together to save space and make it easy to see links between them. D) wait until all data is recorded and coded, then write all analytic memos at one sitting. E) after writing the memo, ignore it until it is time to write up a final report. 17) The analytical memo builds a link between ____ and _____. A) the raw evidence, abstract theoretical ideas B) abstract theoretical ideas, the final report C) concepts, themes D) data notes, other files E) the raw evidence, the final report 18) Professor Lars Lonsdale identified several characteristics that made up a hypothetical university student. Next, he examined many university students and compared them to his model. He discovered that students at private universities fit the model better than students at public universities. He also learned that women fit the model better than men and that the model fits students from small towns better than those from large cities, suburbs, or rural areas. What type of analytical technique was Professor Lonsdale using? A) Successive approximation B) Analogy C) Narrative analysis D) Ideal type analysis E) Illustrative method 19) Graduate student Hannah Hubert developed an abstract model of the “perfect” poem. Her model included five factors: (1) clear cadence of words when spoken, (2) expressive emotional tone or mood, (3) powerful imagery, (4) creative word choice, and (5) overall appearance on the page. She used the factors to evaluate how well a group of 50 poems fit her model. In this case, Hannah used ________ as her research technique. A) successive approximation B) analogy C) narrative analysis D) ideal type analysis E) the illustrative method 20) Which of the following statements represents a specific criticism of the narrative approach in qualitative methods? A) Narrative analysis tends to put off data analysis until all the data has first been collected—it is too deductive. B) It provides an overwhelming array of particular and specific details without providing much of a general explanation that researchers can apply to other settings or contexts. C) Qualitative researchers who are critical of the narrative approach complain that it has a tendency to contain too much rich data. D) Narrative analysis produces too many generalizations at the expense of including concrete details. E) Narrative analysis is too abstract because it gets away from the facts and focuses too much on the generation theoretical concepts.