Which of the Following Best Exemplifies the Practice of Epistemic

question 7

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best exemplifies the practice of epistemic prioritization?

• A)Krithiga found her qualitative interview data coincided perfectly with her focus group data and so decided to report only on the qualitative interview data to avoid redundancy
• B)Percy found his qualitative interview data conflicted with his quantitative content analysis data and so reported on the ways method influences results instead of reporting his findings
• C)David found his telephone survey data conflicted with his focus group data and so decided to report only those findings that were based on the telephone survey data
• D)Karen found her qualitative interview data shared few themes with her archival data and so reported on the disjunction between historical and contemporary discourses
• E)Annette found her structured interview data conflicted with her fieldwork observations and so conducted a second set of structured interviews with a revised list of questions

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