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At what stage are codes developed in research that employs conventional content analysis?


A) Before the project begins
B) Literature review
C) Data collection
D) Data analysis
E) Once others are informed

F) None of the above
G) All of the above

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Describe five features that are specific and unique to historical research.

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Which one of the following features is common to both historical research and field research?


A) Historical approaches and field research try to discover universal laws about human social behaviour.
B) Both perspectives share the view that people construct meaning within structures.
C) Both approaches attempt to link the macro to micro levels of analysis of social reality.
D) Both perspectives assume that social forces shape individual behaviour.
E) Historical approaches and field research both remove the researcher’s perspective from the research process.

F) All of the above
G) B) and E)

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In relation to primary sources,what two criteria does a historical researcher use in order to evaluate documents and other sources? Briefly describe this evaluation process and the kinds of issues that each mode of evaluation is concerned with.

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Describe five specific similarities between historical research and field studies.Be certain to emphasize how both approaches are firmly grounded in the interpretive approach in social science research.

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Which of the following statements best describes the difference between qualitative content analysis and quantitative content analysis?


A) In qualitative approaches to content analysis,manifest content is usually the focus,while in quantitative approaches attention shifts to revealing implied meanings and motives.
B) Quantitative content analysts use segments of text to identify instances of a code,while qualitative content analysts are more likely to examine entire texts at once for their meaning.
C) Quantitative content analysis organizes and links general themes into a coherent theory about social life,while in qualitative content analysis the goal is to identify general themes that run through the different texts.
D) Qualitative content analysis often finds patterns by using sophisticated statistical techniques,while in quantitative content analysis patterns and linkages are discovered through the coding process.
E) Quantitative content analysis is presented through the use of statistical tables,while qualitative content analysis provides evidence in the form of graphs and summarized statistics.

F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

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Students often use the labels "qualitative content analysis" and "discourse analysis" interchangeably,but they pertain to distinct practices.What is discourse analysis and what makes it unique?

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Which of the following is not one of the four types of historical evidence or data?


A) Running records
B) Primary data
C) Narrative history
D) Secondary sources
E) Recollections

F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

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Define the following:summative content analysis

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Define the following:conceptual equivalence

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Outline,in chronological order,each of the six steps in a historical research project.

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Which approach to qualitative content analysis identified by Hsiu-Fang and Shannon (2005) most closely resembles quantitative content analysis?


A) Conventional
B) Statistical
C) Inductive
D) Summative
E) Directed

F) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

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Professor Freeze Iceberg visited the national historical library and also the archives at Revenue Canada.He looked up the tax records paid each year by the 20 largest companies in Canada between 1950 and the present.This type of data is best classified as


A) running records.
B) recollections.
C) secondary sources.
D) primary sources.
E) supporting evidence.

F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

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Define the following:discourse analysis

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Define the following:narrative history

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A great deal of primary historical data is located in archives.Which of the following statements is correct about doing archival research?


A) Virtually all archival materials are now stored electronically,so scanning through large amounts of material online is very easy.
B) Most archives are located in one or two large cities,so even if one needs to visit an archive,it is easy to find one.Most are open 7 days a week,12 hours a day.
C) Archival materials are usually very well-organized and sorted.All material is clearly labelled and categorized for easy searching.
D) Archival research is often painstakingly slow.Often there are gaps or holes in a series of papers or destroyed documents,but reading new material can reveal new ideas or connections.
E) Common events and individual persons are easy to track in archival material.All materials are in one location,and everything related to a person or event of interest will be clearly connected and include everything of relevance.

F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

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Define the following:directed content analysis

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What are the main emphases of historical research? What sorts of research questions does it address? What types of research is it most appropriate for?

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Define the following:archives

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Graduate student Fanny Farquarson's thesis involves qualitative content analysis of self-help literature for men in unhappy marriages.Before commencing with analysis,Fanny reviews existing theory on gender and marriage and uses it to develop coding categories.Which approach to qualitative content analysis identified by Hsiu-Fang and Shannon (2005) is Fanny using?


A) Directed
B) Summative
C) Conventional
D) Inductive
E) Deductive

F) B) and D)
G) D) and E)

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