Qualitative Research and Analysis
Linguistic analysis in qualitative research
What is semiotics?
If a researcher cannot access a population themselves, they might rely on this type of individual to collect their primary data
What is a confederate?
Inductive reasoning is the approach for this type of study.
What is qualitative?
What is the style that is generally used for writing in social sciences?
The validity threat in the following scenario:
I hypothesize that giving candy to my students will produce better test outcomes. I don't give them candy on the first exam, I do give them candy on the last exam.
Maturation (students may have developed their skills for test taking in my class regardless of the candy). Possibly others, if so, make an argument!
In a focus group, this person steers the conversation and probes when relevant.
What is the moderator?
The main theoretical framework used in qualitative work to study of human group life and conduct.
What is symbolic interactionism?
The underlying epistemological premises of quantitative and qualitative research.
What are positivistic (quant) and relativistic/constructivist (qual)
"Affect" is this kind of word, while "effect" is this kind of word
Affect is a verb (an action!), effect is a noun (a thing we are normally looking for/trying to identify in research)
I ask students to rank their favorite classes this semester. The variable this produces will be what level of measurement?
What is ordinal (this is a tricky one!)
Coding for themes within news stories is an example of this type of qualitative analysis.
What is content analysis?
The three major categories of interviews.
What are structured (formal), unstructured (informal), and semi-structured?
The three types of mixed methods approaches discussed in the book.
What are convergent parallel, explanatory sequential, and exploratory sequential?
The issue with the reference shown here.
Italicize the journal name.
What I am doing if I randomize a sample into a treatment and control group.
What is random assignment? (not random selection)