The development of grounded theory in qualitative research typically involves

The development of grounded theory in qualitative research typically involves
 
  a. induction. c. Both of these.
  b. deduction. d. Neither of these.

Ques. 2

Which of the following statements would be consistent with research on gender differences in children's motor skill performance in the primary grades?
 
  a. Girls are slightly better broad jumpers than boys.
  b. Boys, on the average, have better balance and are more flexible than girls.
  c. Girls tend to surpass boys on tasks that involve rhythmic movements.
  d. Boys are slightly better than girls on tasks involving batting and throwing, but girls can run a lot faster.

Ques. 3

Grounded theory as a form of qualitative research involves
 
  a. conducting in-depth interviews and making personal observations.
  b. collecting and analyzing real world and lived experiences.
  c. data coding procedures that result in commonality or themes.
  d. All of these.

Ques. 4

By fifth and sixth grades, children are often likely to
 
  a. imitate their parents in manner of dress.
  b. demonstrate their growing need for independence by assuming behaviors similar to those of their friends.
  c. be concerned about what their teachers think of them.
  d. demonstrate emerging formal operational thought.

Ques. 5

Ethnography involves
 
  a. reliance on secondary sources of information.
  b. immersion in the site.
  c. analysis of existing written or oral records only.
  d. soliciting opinions through a survey questionnaire.

Ques. 6

In the elementary grades, gender differences in motor skill performance
 
  a. are no longer apparent because children are more androgynous than they were in the 1950s.
  b. should be acknowledged and reinforced because they allow young children to form more stable self- concepts.
  c. have been magnified in recent years because girls are encouraged to participate in competitive sports.
  d. are small in magnitude and may reflect gender-role stereotyping.

Ques. 7

Attempting to understand what happened during the Jim Jones Guyana incidence in which followers were led to commit group suicide is an example of
 
  a. phenomenology. c. historical research.
  b. participant observation. d. narrative research.

Ques. 8

A child who first realizes that learning is easier when words or ideas that belong to the same category are grouped together or that generating a visual image of a word makes it easier to recall is most likely to be at what grade level?
 
  a. preschool/kindergarten
  b. primary grades
  c. elementary grades
  d. middle school

Ques. 9

Which of the following is not a commonality between historical and phenomenological research?
 
  a. the use of first-hand experiences or stories
  b. the focus on multiple realties.
  c. the chronological sequencing of events.
  d. the focus on human and behavioral phenomena.

Ques. 10

One way to encourage a sense of industry in an elementary school child who consistently fails to complete homework assignments is to
 
  a. gently admonish the child in front of the class that homework assignments need to be taken seriously.
  b. provide praise or a small reward when the child does finish assignments on time.
  c. suggest that the child rely on classmates to help with the assignments.
  d. ignore the problem and let the child suffer the consequences.

Ques. 11

Qualitative research has its roots in the discipline(s) of
 
  a. Sociology and Anthropology
  b. History
  c. Medicine
  d. a & b
  e. b & c