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Chapter 11

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Answer the study questions found at the end of Chapter 11.

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The following questions are designed to help focus your attention on several important points in Chapter 11. Answer each question in a succinct manner. a. What is the purpose of qualitative research? b. Why does a qualitative research problem change over the course of a study? c. Why is it important to conduct qualitative research in a natural setting? d. Why do qualitative researchers use purposeful sampling strategies? e. Why does the design of a qualitative study change as the study progresses? f. What is meant by the term inductive data analysis? g. Why is the role of the researcher critical to a qualitative study?

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Create your own cognitive map of this chapter.

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From the descriptions provided below, indicate the type of purposeful sampling used. Discuss possible reasons for choosing each strategy. a. A researcher selects the highest and lowest ranked teachers to observe. b. Jane was selected to be interviewed as a result of having talked to Jonathan. c. The researchers designed their study of counselor education programs to include every possible type of program.

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What strategies to enhance credibility are exemplified in each of the following situations? a. The researcher describes in great detail the environment in which the observation occurred. b. It is apparent from our reading that both interviews and observations were used to collect data. c. Students were video-taped as they worked in their classrooms. The tapes were reviewed by the researcher. d. The following quotations support the researcher's contentions. e. The researcher spent nearly two weeks at the site prior to collecting data.

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Explain why qualitative data analysis is interpretive in nature.

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Answer each of the following questions using the article on the three elementary school counselors found in Chapter 14. a. What is the foreshadowed question(s)? b. What is the researcher's role? c. How were the participants selected? d. How did the research design change over the course of the study? e. How was the data collected? f. How was the data analyzed? g. What strategies were used to enhance the credibility of this research? h. Is the study reliable? Internally valid? Externally valid?

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Critique the article on the three elementary school counselors found in Chapter 14 using the criteria for evaluating qualitative research.

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