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Morisha is a policy researcher who studies parents' interest in charter schools.As part of her work she conducted extended interviews with parents who wanted to enter their children into charter schools for high school.While conducting her interviews,she noticed one family whose reasons were so unlike the others that she wondered whether she should even include the data in her sample.Your best advice to her would be to:

A) exclude the data because the family is such an extreme outlier; maybe they weren't really honest.
B) review the interview questions to see if they're biased in some way.
C) collect more data because this family probably isn't unique.
D) keep the data,and make sure her analysis plan accounts for a broad range of responses.

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Cristina is conducting a mixed-methods study that includes data gathered through a quantitative survey as well as follow up survey transcripts.She works diligently to calculate basic descriptive statistics as well as identifying codes and themes in her qualitative data.What process is Cristina involved in?

A) Condensing the data
B) Organizing the data
C) Collecting the data
D) Interpreting the data

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Ethnographers often conduct a(n) ________ in order to identify certain cultural patterns that can guide further data collection and analyses.

Kavanir has developed an initial coding scheme for his qualitative data.Ideally,his next step in his analysis should be to:

In this type of coding structure,an emergent category is chosen as a core category.What type of coding structure does this describe?

Qualitative data analysis is a process of

The process of qualitative data analysis is sometimes described as a spiral,which involves four iterative steps that gradually move the process forward.The final step in the qualitative data analysis spiral is usually:

Which of the following is NOT a widely recommended strategy for enhancing the trustworthiness and credibility of qualitative findings?

As a result of a domain analysis,ethnographers often identify certain parts or elements of cultural meanings and organize them into larger units.What are these larger units called?

Which of the following is NOT a step in the data analysis process for mixed methods studies?

In a grounded theory study,the focus of data analysis is to:

Esme is interested in the personal experiences of first-year medical students and plans an ethnographic study,in which she'll collect observational field notes,extensive interview data,and diaries from the participants.For her analysis,she plans to begin by developing a start list.In other words,Esme will:

When a qualitative researcher makes a first pass at a set of data without a preconceived coding structure in mind,she is engaging in what type of coding process?

Which of the following is not a general strategy for organizing and analyzing qualitative data?

Byron conducted a qualitative study that included coding a large set of transcribed data.He applied codes to his data and then asked his colleague,Adeline,to also code the data using his coding structure.What was Byron trying to establish by having Adeline code the work?

A key component of data analysis in a content analysis study is to:

A viable alternative to a meta-analysis for qualitative and mixed-methods studies is a(n)

Both Marianne and Bill examined the same set of qualitative data collected from couples in a study designed to understand relationship stress.Interestingly,the themes that emerged from the data were not consistent across the two researchers.Of the following,which is the most likely reason for the discrepancy?