Interviews, Focus Groups, and Ethnography MCQs
Interviews, Focus Groups, and Ethnography MCQs
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1: A research approach based on measurement, counting, and, typically, statistical analysis is called
A. Qualitative
B. Quantitative
C. Categorical
D. Numerical
2: Interpretive studies can be understood as attempts to place oneself “in the other person’s shoes.”
A. True
B. False
3: The process of asking questions of a respondent to elicit information the researcher is interested in is known as
A. Survey
B. Interview
C. Interrogation
D. Questionnaire
4: Informants are Interviewees considered capable of speaking on behalf of ___.
A. Others
B. Themselves
C. Both of these
D. None of These
5: Interviewees considered capable of speaking on behalf of _____ are called Respondents
A. Others
B. Themselves
C. Both of these
D. None of These
6: The extent to which an interview has a format are called
A. Structure
B. Sequence
C. Prompt
D. Questions
7: Interviews with broad questions and a loose schedule of questions so that interviewees have the freedom to explain their responses are called
A. Semi Structured Interviews
B. Fully Structured Interviews
C. Unstructured Interviews
D. Structured Interviews
8: A set of interview questions that are largely predetermined but allow room for interviewees to add their own insights and views are known as
A. Semi Structured Interviews
B. Fully Structured Interviews
C. Unstructured Interviews
D. Structured Interviews
9: Interviews in which the researcher has determined what questions are important, the order in which they will be asked are called
A. Semi Structured Interviews
B. Fully Structured Interviews
C. Unstructured Interviews
D. Structured Interviews
10: The order in which questions are asked is called
A. Prompts
B. Genres
C. Keys
D. Sequence
11: Questions that ask informants to describe a phenomenon are known as
A. Structural Questions
B. Contrast Questions
C. Descriptive Questions
D. Analytical Questions
12: Questions that ask interviewees to explain the relationships among different terms are called
A. Structural Questions
B. Contrast Questions
C. Descriptive Questions
D. Analytical Questions
13: Questions that ask respondents to explain the difference between two or more things or concepts are known as
A. Structural Questions
B. Contrast Questions
C. Descriptive Questions
D. Analytical Questions
14: Prompts are the Questions that spark a response or further information from an ______
A. Colleague
B. Interviewee
C. Leader
D. Facilitator
15: Interviewees are Individuals who are interviewed
A. True
B. False
16: In the Focus Group _____ group of people brought together to discuss a topic of interest to the researcher.
A. Medium
B. Small
C. Large
D. Big
17: The leader of a focus group. A moderator is responsible for running the group’s discussion and ensuring that it keeps “on topic is known as
A. Team Lead
B. Helper
C. Group Leader
D. Moderator
18: The leader of a focus group who is responsible for running the group’s discussion and ensuring that it keeps “on topic is known as
A. Team Lead
B. Helper
C. Group Leader
D. Facilitator
19: ____ communication is known as Asynchronous communication
A. Uncoordinated
B. Coordinated
C. Both of These
D. None of These
20: ____ communication is known as Synchronous communication
A. Uncoordinated
B. Coordinated
C. Both of These
D. None of These
21: Graphical representations of one or more computer users , such as icons are known as
A. Emojis
B. Avatars
C. Display Pictures(DP)
D. Bitmoji
22: Ethnography is The study of
A. Human behavior
B. Human social behavior
C. Human cultural behavior
D. Human Personal behavior
23: Those who control access to research participants or the publication of research results are called
A. Publishers
B. Mentors
C. Gatekeepers
D. Key Informants
24: The individuals who are part of a community being studied are known as
A. Key Informants
B. Researcher
C. Attendees
D. Respondents
25: Descriptive Notes are also known as
A. Method Notes
B. Analytic Notes
C. Prescriptive notes
D. Narrative Notes
26: Records of the specific methods researchers use to gather data is called as
A. Method Notes
B. Descriptive notes
C. Prescriptive notes
D. Analytic Notes
27: Analytic Notes are also known as
A. Method Notes
B. Descriptive notes
C. Prescriptive notes
D. Narrative Notes
28: A group of people who share a common language that differentiates them from other groups is called
A. Group Community
B. Speech Community
C. Language community
D. Discourse community
29: In Hymes’s ethnography of communication, the overall scene of which activities are a part is known as
A. Speech Event
B. Speech Situation
C. Speech Act
D. Communicative Event
30: A specific speech activity—for example, an awards speech is called
A. Speech Event
B. Communicative Act
C. Speech Act
D. Communicative Event
31: The smaller units of speech within a speech event is known as
A. Speech Event
B. Speech Situation
C. Communicative Act
D. Communicative Style
32: ________ is the Example of Communicative Styles
A. Formal
B. Informal
C. Both of These
D. None of these
33: Ways of Speaking is the styles of speech that are characteristic of a ____
A. Culture
B. Class
C. Area
D. Town
34: Situation is the setting where the activities take place and the overall scene of which they are a part.
A. True
B. False
35: Individuals who have volunteered to be in a research project are called
A. Researcher
B. Participants
C. Attendees
D. Respondents
36: In Hymes’s ethnography of communication, the goals of the communication being studied is called
A. Norms
B. Ends
C. Key
D. Acts
37: In Burke’s dramatistic analysis, the behavior that is taking place is known as
A. Norms
B. Genres
C. Key
D. Acts
38: The tone of speech or how the speech sounds is known as
A. Norms
B. Genres
C. Key
D. Rules
39: The channels or methods used to communicate are called Instrumentality
A. True
B. False
40: In Hymes’s ethnography of communication, the rules governing speech and its interpretation are known as
A. Norms
B. Genres
C. Language
D. Rules
41: ______ is known as the traditional types of speech found in most cultures—for example, commencement addresses.
A. Norms
B. Genres
C. Language
D. Speech Styles
42: Emoticons are _____ representations of emotional states or moods
A. Visual
B. Typographic
C. Written
D. None of these
43: A specialized form of ethnography adapted to computer-mediated social worlds is called
A. Netnography
B. Computography
C. Historiography
D. Pseudepigraphy
44: Studies based on the observation of behaviors, not necessarily as in-depth as ethnographies is known as
A. Performance Studies
B. Observational Studies
C. Research Studies
D. Situational studies
45: Study of performance in situational or ritual contexts is called
A. Performance Studies
B. Observational Studies
C. Research Studies
D. Behavioral studies
46: Heurism is Knowledge gained from _____
A. Practical experience
B. Empirical research
C. Both of these
D. None of these
47: The process of identifying an item of data as belonging to a category predetermined by the researcher is known as
A. Identification
B. Research
C. Categorization
D. Classification
48: Assigning units of information to preassigned categories is known as
A. Flex Coding
B. Flexible Coding
C. Recursive Coding
D. Fixed Coding
49: Coding that allows new categories of data to emerge rather than using only preconceived categories is called
A. Flex Coding
B. Flexible Coding
C. Recursive Coding
D. Fixed Coding
50: A research approach that argues that theories should emerge from data analysis, not prior to data analysis is known as
A. Grounded Theory
B. Flexible Theory
C. Public Theory
D. Research Theory
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