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6. Ontology concerns what is appropriate knowledge about the social world?
7. Social action and context are not important in critical discourse analysis...
8. Are survey questions always closed?
9. What is a signifer in semiotics?
- A word that points to an object or action
- An object or action that springs to mind
10. When considering the ethical implications of a project, researches should always consider what impact an interview might have on them...
11. Images can be seen as texts in document research...
12. What is conversation analysis?
- Looks into the social context behind discourse
- Developing theory out of data
- Analysis of talk that occurs in interaction in naturally occuring situations
- Observing the power of languge and other signs
13. Discourse analysis enables us to understand the assumptions behind how we represent the world...
14. Epistemology is best described as
- Something which concerns what is appropriate knowledge about the social world
- Something which relates to how the social world is viewed
15. Qualitative analysis involves sense-making?
16. Social surveys are often shaped by which type of interview
- Focus groups
- Structured
- Unstructured
- Semi-structured
17. What is an example of a visual method?
- Unstructured interviews
- Content analysis
- Focus groups
- Ethnography
18. More recent ethnography has emphasised the need for a culturally sensitive approach to ethnography, true or false?
19. What type of research material will a focus group normally produce?
- Both qualitative and quantitative
- Qualitative
- Quantitative
- Neither
20. When doing research interviews which groups in society may it be hard to get consent from?
- Elderly people
- Those with mental health issues & children
- Parents
- Famous people & those in parliament
