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11) In a typical qualitative interview, A) open-ended questions are used. B) the interviewer shows interest in participants’ responses and encourages elaboration. C) the beginning and end are not clear. D) the interviewer adjusts to the participants’ norms and their use of language. E) all of the above. 12) Which of the following terms is NOT relevant for qualitative interviews? A) In-depth interviews B) Informal interviews C) Structured interviews D) Open-ended interviews E) Ethnographic interviews 13) In what way does the qualitative interview differ from a friendly conversation? A) The friendly conversation has an explicit goal or purpose whereas the qualitative interview often does not have a specific goal in mind. B) The friendly conversation contains many instances of repetition whereas the qualitative interview tends to avoid going over the same details more than once. C) In a friendly conversation the participants usually avoid abbreviations and jargon but in a qualitative interview the interviewer tries to use the same jargon and expressions familiar to the participant. D) In a friendly conversation, the participants tend to speak out of turn and cut each other off whereas in a qualitative interview the interviewer will often interrupt the participant’s response in order to ask for clarification. E) During a friendly conversation, a pause or brief silence is acceptable whereas in a qualitative interview pauses can be used by the interviewer to get the interviewee to elaborate on a previous point.  14) In qualitative interviewing, ________ and ________ sampling techniques are typically used. A) random, probability B) purposive, probability C) random, snowball D) purposive, snowball E) purposive, random 15) Interviewing subjects until the same general themes continue to emerge from the data and no new findings are being revealed is referred to as A) theoretical sampling. B) theoretical saturation. C) snowball sampling. D) selective transcription. E) inductive theory. 16) The number of people interviewed in a qualitative study on the construction of bisexual identity is dictated mainly by A) sample sizes from previous research studies. B) the researcher’s time and resources. C) the sponsoring organization’s research guidelines. D) the length of the interview schedule. E) the number of interviewers available on the research team. 17) High school student Ricardo Francisco becomes an informant in a qualitative research study on youth gangs in Vancouver. This means that he A) is very familiar with the culture and is in a position to witness significant events. B) is now able to offer incentives to fellow gang members for participation in the study. C) is now able to work as research assistant for the study. D) is immediately accepted by all youth gang members participating in the study. E) plays the role of a key witness in court when testifying against the illegal activities carried out by members of the gang. 18) Which of the following sets is an example of “contrasting informants”? A) Rookies, and veterans B) The leader in charge of a group, and individuals who people look up to C) Frustrated people, and needy people D) Poor individuals, and unemployed individuals E) An exotic dancer, and a prostitute 19) Professor Simon Salamander listens to the interview recordings from his participants and decides that he only wants to transcribe the parts that are most relevant to his research questions. Professor Salamander is engaging in A) manipulation of the data. B) selective transcription. C) truncated transcription. D) structured transcription. E) Kvale questioning. 20) Which of the following is an example of a “Specifying Question” in qualitative interviewing? A) Why do you think people smoke? B) How many people in your social network smoke? C) Do you think smoking for all those years has affected your current health? D) What made you decide to quit smoking? E) Why do you think your family wanted you to quit smoking?