A researcher seeks to study a subcultural, illegal, or deviant group to obtain accurate information freely without announcing his/her presence, which could alarm the population.
To do so, the researcher undertakes significant risk, and engages fully with the group studied like any other group member. What research role is the researcher taking on?
A) complete participant
B) participant as observer
C) observer as participant
D) complete observer
Which research design may be seen as a prelude to a large social scientific study, which may or may not involve case studies?
A) Exploratory case study
B) Explanatory case study
C) Descriptive case study
D) Embedded case study
Multiple-case studies, cross-case studies, comparative case studies, and contrasting case studies are all synonymous names for which type of case study?
A) Embedded case study
B) Intrinsic case study
C) Instrumental case study
D) Collective case study
A researcher undertakes a case study because something important has happened, and he/she wants to understand the particular problem because it is unique and interesting.
The researcher is not trying to develop new grounded theory or to test abstract theory. Which type of case study is this example of?
A) Embedded case study
B) Intrinsic case study
C) Instrumental case study
D) Collective case study
The group that is ultimately responsible for choosing a new plan of action for their lives based on the researcher's decisions is the ___________.
A) researchers
B) stakeholders
C) participants
D) evaluators
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