Language in Qualitative Research

question 34

Multiple Choice

Language in qualitative research:

• A)Is in some respects a technicist instrumentalist language.
• B)Softer in a sense than the language of quantitative research and quantitative data analysis.
• C)Tends to include words like instrument, subject, experiment, and test.
• D)Uses words like instrument rather than method, and research subjects rather than research participants, and words like experiment or test rather than words like explore, describe, detail, construct.

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Definitions:

Probability Distribution

A mathematical function that provides the probabilities of occurrence of different possible outcomes for an experiment.

Chi-Square Goodness-of-Fit Test

This statistical test evaluates if there is a significant difference between observed frequencies and expected frequencies in one or more categories.

Two-Tail Test

another way of conducting hypothesis testing that checks for the possibility of both positive and negative differences.

Population Density

A measurement of population per unit area or unit volume.