Deck 26: Breaking Down the Quantitativequalitative Divide

Question 1

There is full agreement on the epistemological basis of the natural sciences.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Which features of the natural science model does qualitative research frequently exhibit? Please select all that apply.

A) Empiricist overtones
B) A specific problem focus
C) Realism
D) Subjective experience

Answer 2

A,B,C

Question 3

In discussing research approaches, the term "positivist" can sometimes be used in a polemical way

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Only qualitative research can focus upon the study of meaning and seeing the world through the eyes of the people studied

Question 5

Respondent validation is extensively used in qualitative studies in business research.

Question 6

It is possible for quantitative research to be underpinned by a constructionist epistemology

Question 7

Quantitative and qualitative research tend to be associated with ontological and epistemological positions but there are important exceptions to this general trend.

Question 8

Quantitative researchers are concerned with behaviours and don't really take much interest in meanings

Question 9

Survey research can often be quite exploratory in nature as opposed to hypothesis testing

Question 10

Quantitative research never uses words and qualitative research never uses numbers

Question 11

Qualitative research is always more naturalistic while quantitative research is always more artificial

Question 12

It is possible to analyse the writings of quantitative researchers using some of the methods associated with qualitative research

Question 13

It is philosophically and practically inappropriate to analyse qualitative data using quantitative analysis

Question 14

Some qualitative researchers engage in quasi-quantification of research data

Question 15

One of the criticisms of qualitative research is that it is overly anecdotal