Post Test 4
IHS 4504 Research Methods and Applications to Health Care Settings
Due: Wednesday, June 7, 2000 at Noon
Student Name: ______________________________
1. Phenomenological research differs from other qualitative research
in that phenomenologists (circle all appropriate answers):
a. believe that meaning can only be understood by those who experience
it
b. do not impose interpretive frameworks but look for it to emerge
from informants' information
c. attribute meaning by use of "a priori" theory
d. all of the above
2. The primary data collection strategy in phenomenology is _______________________________________________.
3. Which of the following is not typical of phenomenological
research? (circle all appropriate answers)
a. use of control groups
b. pre-test/post test designs
c. large numbers of subjects/participants to promote generalization
d. involvement of the researcher is limited to eliciting life
experiences and hearing and reporting the perspective of the participants
4. The researcher in what type of qualitative research is an outsider
to the culture studied but seeks the insider perspective?
___________________________________________________
5. Which type of qualitative research is more structured and whose
purpose is to develop and verify theory?
____________________________________________________
6. Case designs are typified by (circle all appropriate answers):
a. a single subject being investigated
b. either quantitative or qualitative in design
c. possible integration of both research traditions
d. traditional use of only one data collection method
For the following statements about single subject research, circle True
or False:
7. (True or False) It is more flexible and does not require
the same adherence to logical design and control.
8. (True or False) It is characterized by a multiple baseline
design.
9. (True or False) It is differentiated from case study
design by its use of repeated measures and design phases.
10. (True or False) It employs basic statistical analysis only
without consideration given to visual inspection of the data.
I swear that I completed this open-book test by myself, that I did it
without the assistance of anyone, and I completed it within 30 minutes.
Signed _________________________________________________________