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Which of the following would be considered field research?

A) interviewing a participant about their spending habits
B) observing shoppers at the mall
C) doing a taste test in the lab
D) doing an online questionnaire

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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Quantitative and qualitative research cannot exist collaboratively.

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B) False

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The epistemological priorities are the same for quantitative and qualitative approaches.

When choosing research focus quantitative researchers prefer ______, whereas qualitative researchers prefer ______.

Mixed-methods approaches reflect which philosophical tradition?

Consider the researcher and participant relationships in both quantitative and qualitative research. Explain the benefits and limitations of each approach and highlight any barriers regarding achieving the desired relationship between the researcher and participants. Apply this explanation and choose a circumstance in which one approach should be chosen over the other.

Rapport is more important in ______ research than ______.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of quantitative research?

______ researchers are more likely to believe that behavior only has meaning in context.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic used to distinguish between quantitative and qualitative research?

Describe social facts and discuss what researchers learn from this information.

A researcher wants to engage in phenomenologism in her research approach. Which of the following items is inconsistent with being a phenomenologist?

The ______ approach involves making predictions and assessing success while the ______ approach invovles building theory.

According to Darwin, human behavior can be explained using the same principles that govern any other organism.

Social facts play a role in positivist inquiry

Rate data are outside of the influence of the researcher.

______ implies that "there is a reality out there that exists independent of the researcher that can be understood and awaits our discovery."