Answer the following questions and then press 'Submit' to get your score.
Question 1
What is the name of one of the arguments that suggests that research methods are inextricably linked to epistemological commitments?
a] Triangulation argument
b] Postmodern argument
c] Embedded methods argument
d] Positivist argument
Question 2
Which version of the debate about multi-strategy research suggests that quantitative and qualitative research is compatible?
a] Technical version
b] Methodological version
c] Epistemological version
d] Feminist version
Question 3
What is triangulation?
a] Using three quantitative or three qualitative methods in a project
b] Cross-checking the results found by different research strategies
c] Allowing theoretical concepts to emerge from the data
d] Drawing a triangular diagram to represent the relations between three concepts
Question 4
How might qualitative research facilitate quantitative research?
a] By providing hypotheses that can later be tested
b] By helping with the design of survey questions
c] By informing the schedule of a structured interview
d] All of the above
Question 5
How might quantitative research facilitate qualitative research?
a] By identifying specific groups of people to be interviewed
b] By showing the frequency of different responses to a survey item
c] By imposing a rigorous positivist framework on it
d] By combining laboratory experiments with structured observation
Question 6
Whereas quantitative research tends to bring out a static picture of social life, qualitative research depicts it as
a] Symmetrical
b] Statistical
c] Processual
d] Proverbial
Question 7
How might qualitative research help with the analysis of quantitative data?
a] By identifying a sample of respondents for a follow-up study
b] By providing hard, statistical data about them
c] By making the research more value-laden and subjective
d] By helping to explain the relationship between two variables
Question 8
How can multi-strategy research help us to study different aspects of a phenomenon?
a] By reducing the standard deviation of scores around the mean
b] By allowing the researcher to interview first women, and then men
c] By revealing both the macro and the micro level
d] By making it unnecessary to have more than one stage in the research process
Question 9
When might unplanned multi-stage research be described as a "salvage operation"?
a] When the researcher abandons their original strategy and starts all over again
b] When the second research strategy is used to explain unexpected or puzzling results
c] When there is a paradigm shift from quantitative to qualitative research
d] When it is ethically unsound to use only one research strategy
Question 10
Which of the following is not a feature of multi-strategy research?
a] It is inherently superior to mono-strategy research
b] It must be competently designed and conducted
c] It must be appropriate to the research questions
d] The skills of all researchers must be well integrated