Section A :Multiple$-$choice questions. $[10$ marks$]$

Answer ALL questions. Each question carries ONE $(1)$ mark. Choose the best

alternative answer.

SECTION A: MULTIPLE$-$CHOICE QUESTIONS. $[10$ MARKS$]$

$1.$ What is the name of one of the arguments that suggests that research methods are

inextricably linked to epistemological commitments?

a$)$ Constructivist argument

b$)$ Postmodern argument

c$)$ Embedded methods argument

d$)$ Positivist argument

$2.$Which version of the debate about multi$-$strategy research suggests that quantitative and qualitative research methods are compatible?

a$)$ Technical version

b$)$ Methodological version

c$)$ Epistemological version

d$)$ Elongated version

$3.$ What do understand by the term $$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 participants.

$4.$ 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.

$5.$ How might quantitative research support qualitative research?

a$)$ By identifying specific groups of people to be interviewed.

b$)$ By Utilising a rigorous positivist framework.

c$)$ By combining laboratory experiments with structured participant observation.

d$)$ By showing the occurrence of different responses to a survey.

$6.$ Quantitative research tends to bring out a static picture of social life. However,

qualitative research depicts it as $\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.$

a$)$ statistical

b$)$ asymmetrical

c$)$ processual

d$)$ proverbial

$7.$ How might qualitative research assist with the analysis of quantitative data?

a$)$ By providing statistical data.

b$)$ By identifying a sample of respondents for triangulation.

c$)$ By making the research more value$-$laden and subjective.

d$)$ By assisting the explanation of the relationship between two variables

$8.$ How might multi$-$strategy research assist with the study of different aspects of a

phenomenon?

a$)$ By allowing the researcher to interview more interesting participants first.

b$)$ By making it necessary to have many stages in the research process.

c$)$ By revealing both the macro and the micro level.

d$)$ By reducing the standard deviation of scores around the mean and median

$9.$ 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.

$10.$ 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 appropriate to the research questions.

c$)$ It must be well designed and conducted by all participants.

d$)$ The skills of all researchers must be well matched amongst the research team.