IHS 4504 "Research Methods and Applications in Health Care Systems"
Quiz # 8
Due Date:  7/12/2000
Student's Name: _________________________

The first question refers to the chapter on qualitative data analysis (chapter 20). The last posttest focused mostly on the quantitative data analysis process so I wanted to make sure we dealt with qualitative data analysis in the same depth.

1.  Match the following descriptions with the appropriate stage in the qualitative data analysis process (either the first or second stage).  Indicate your choice by placing an “A” for the first stage and a “B” for the second stage of qualitative data analysis.

____  underlying themes are discovered
____  involves making sense of what is observed and heard
____  is described as learning the ropes
____  involves a more formal review and analysis of all the information that has been collected
____  consolidates the investigator's understandings and impressions by writing a manuscript
____  yields initial interpretative schemes
____  furthers the interpretative process through formal analysis
____  categories are developed
____  each data collection-action builds successively on the  previous action
____  the purpose is primarily descriptive
____  occurs at the exact moment the researcher enters the field
____  report is disseminated to the scientific community
____  investigator refines or evolves an interpretation that is recorded in a written report
____  process is iterative
____  data analysis continues throughout the time the investigator is in the
____  the investigator moves beyond the information to suggest a deeper understanding of the data through theory development

The remaining questions deal with the last chapter on reporting and disseminating information.

2.  (True or False) Sharing research information is as important to the research process as any other in order for it to be complete.

3.  (True or False)  there is really only one true acceptable format for writing a research report.

4.  In the beginning chapters, we learned that a research study must conform to four (4) criteria in order to be considered true research.  List these four criteria and identify the one criteria that cannot be accomplished without telling others about the findings of a  completed study and their meanings.
 

5.  Unlike quantitative report writing, qualitative report writing does not follow a prescribed format with clear expectations for language and structure.  The structure of the presentation is not standardized and there is great variation in the __________________, _____________________________________________________, and

_____________________.

I swear that I completed this open-book test by myself, without the assistance of anyone, and completed my work in no more than 30 minutes.

Signed: ____________________________________