Starting a Qualitative Study 1

Unlike ________ studies, you are expected to do a study that has not been done before.

• replication
• evaluation

• descriptive

• correlational

All of these are the essential features of a qualitative study, EXCEPT

• data collection method

• topic

• census

• source of data

Which of the following is regarded as the most traditional start-up approach?

• incremental approach

• interactive approach

• simultaneous approach

• linear fashion approach

Which characteristic of a good research topic refers to the need to be unique?

• relevance

• novelty

• currency

• timeliness

This is a requirement when gathering data.

• objectivity

• sympathy

• naivety

• antagonistic

In starting a new qualitative study, the review of literature must be comprehensive, not selective.

• True

• False

To situate your study in the array of related studies is a means of identifying your research _______.

• interest

• topic

• niche

• approach

Research questions in qualitative studies are subjected to revisitation and revision.

• True

• False

All these are the types of literature review, EXCEPT...

• Building a study bank

• Selective review

• Comprehensive review

• Taking notes

When reviewing the data collection method of an existing study, which is NOT among your concern?

• theoretical lens

• breadth of fieldwork

• sampling method

• length of a fieldwork