Phenomenological studies

QUESTION 1

Morse 1994 recommends greater than or equal to ___ interviews for phenomenological studies. (write out number as a word)

QUESTION 2

The degree of ______________________ impacts the number of data points necessary to achieve saturation.

A

 

sampling

 

B

 

deduction vs induction

 

C

 

iteration

 

D

 

homogeneity vs heterogeneity

 

 

 

QUESTION 3

 

To determine the sample size for a purposive sample, the “gold standard” is saturation.

 

True 

False 

 

 

QUESTION 4

 

With __________ mixed sampling, the qualitative and quantitative components are independent and are implemented at the same, or close to the same, time.

 

 

QUESTION 5

 

Snowball or chain sampling refers to a sampling strategy under which participants are asked to recruit individuals to join the study.

 

True 

False 

 

 

QUESTION 6

 

Inclusion of certain settings, groups, or participants based on specific characteristics is referred to as what type of sampling?

 

 

A

 

Extreme case

 

B

 

Theory-based

 

C

 

Systematic

 

D

 

Critical case

 

 

 

 

QUESTION 7

 

In a mixed methods study, samples in both the qualitative and quantitative strands of the study must be identical.

 

True 

False 

 

 

QUESTION 8

 

What type of mixed sampling uses random selection in the first stage, followed by purposive selection of participants in the following stages?

 

 

A

 

Multistage purposeful random

 

B

 

Critical case

 

C

 

Snowball/chain

 

D

 

Mixed purposeful

 

 

 

 

QUESTION 9

 

The characteristics of within-case sampling include all of the following except:

 

 

A

 

Individuals are viewed as nested within a larger context

 

B

 

Sampling is predetermined

 

C

 

The selection process is based on a preselected theory or on an emerging theory based on the study’s analyses

 

D

 

Iterative sampling that works in progressive waves through study progression

 

 

 

 

QUESTION 10

 

What type of mixed methods sampling selects different samples, but from the same population of interest?

 

 

A

 

Identical

 

B

 

Multilevel

 

C

 

Parallel

 

D

 

Nested