Chapter 15: Narrative Inquiry and Case Study Research

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. Which methodology focuses on the study of people’s lived and told stories?

A. modernism

B. narrative inquiry

C. instrumental case study

D. collective case study

Learning Objective: 15-1: Compare and contrast the two major approaches to qualitative research discussed in this chapter: narrative inquiry and case study research.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Narrative Inquiry

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Framing or composing a research puzzle is part of which approach to qualitative inquiry?

A. narrative inquiry

B. modernism

C. instrumental case study

D. collective case study

Learning Objective: 15-1: Compare and contrast the two major approaches to qualitative research discussed in this chapter: narrative inquiry and case study research.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Narrative Inquiry

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. In comparison to narrative inquiry, instrumental case studies are more likely to involve which of the following?

A. focus on individual cases for their intrinsic value

B. tend to focus on the stories research participants tell about their lives

C. studying cases to understand something more general than the individual case

D. a focus on telling and retelling the stories of people’s experiences

Learning Objective: 15-1: Compare and contrast the two major approaches to qualitative research discussed in this chapter: narrative inquiry and case study research.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Case Study Research

Difficulty: Medium

4. Which of the following research methods focuses on reliving stories?

A. narrative inquiry

B. modernism

C. instrumental case study

D. collective case study

Learning Objective: 15-1: Compare and contrast the two major approaches to qualitative research discussed in this chapter: narrative inquiry and case study research.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Narrative Inquiry

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. In comparison to narrative inquiry, case study reports are more likely to contain ______.

A. life stories of individuals

B. summaries and implications of the results

C. the life histories of individuals

D. a series of stories negotiated with the researcher

Learning Objective: 15-1: Compare and contrast the two major approaches to qualitative research discussed in this chapter: narrative inquiry and case study research.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Table 15.1: Characteristics of the Five Major Approaches to Qualitative Research (Discussed in Chapters 15 and 16).

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. What is this: a broad or grand theory that emphasizes the importance of cultural, institutional, and functional relations as constituting a large part of the social world in which humans live and holds that this structure is key in determining meaning and influencing human behavior.

A. modernism

B. structuralism

C. positivism

D. postmodernism

Learning Objective: 15-2: Define and compare poststructuralism and postmodernism.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Exhibit 15.1: A Historical Introduction to Poststructuralism and PostmodernismDifficulty Level: Medium7. What is this: a term used by qualitative research to refer to what might be better labeled “scientism.”

A. modernism

B. structuralism

C. positivism

D. postmodernism

Learning Objective: 15-2: Define and compare poststructuralism and postmodernism.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Exhibit 15.1: A Historical Introduction to Poststructuralism and Postmodernism
Difficulty Level: Easy

8. What is this: a historical intellectual movement that rejects universal truth and emphasizes differences, deconstruction, interpretation, and the power of ideas over peoples’ behavior.

A. modernism

B. structuralism

C. positivism

D. poststructuralism

Learning Objective: 15-2: Define and compare poststructuralism and postmodernism.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Exhibit 15.1: A Historical Introduction to Poststructuralism and Postmodernism
Difficulty Level: Easy

9. What is this: a historical intellectual movement that constructs its self-image in opposition to another movement and emphasizes the primacy of individuality, difference, fragmentation, flux, constant change, lack of foundations for thought, and interpretation.

A. modernism

B. structuralism

C. positivism

D. postmodernism

Learning Objective: 15-2: Define and compare poststructuralism and postmodernism.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Exhibit 15.1: A Historical Introduction to Poststructuralism and Postmodernism
Difficulty Level: Easy

10. What is this: a term used by postmodernists to refer to an earlier and outdated period in the history of science that viewed the world as a static machine where everyone follows the same laws of behavior.

A. modernism

B. structuralism

C. positivism

D. poststructuralism

Learning Objective: 15-2: Define and compare poststructuralism and postmodernism.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Exhibit 15.1: A Historical Introduction to Poststructuralism and Postmodernism
Difficulty Level: Easy

11. The primary purpose of the case study method is to ______.

A. describe cultural characteristics

B. inductively generate a theory

C. describe one or more individuals’ experiences of a phenomenon

D. describe one or more cases in-depth

Learning Objective: 15-4: Define and explain how to conduct case study research.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Case Study Research
Difficulty Level: Easy

12. Case study research has its origin in ______.

A. philosophy

B. anthropology

C. sociology

D. many disciplines

Learning Objective: 15-4: Define and explain how to conduct case study research.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Case Study Research
Difficulty Level: Easy

13. The primary data collection methods used in case studies include all of the following except ______.

A. interviews

B. observations

C. analysis of documents

D. researcher immersion

Learning Objective: 15-4: Define and explain how to conduct case study research.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Data Collection, Analysis, and Report Writing
Difficulty Level: Medium

14. The primary data analysis approach taken in case study research involves ______.

A. open, axial, and selective coding

B. holistic description and search for cultural themes

C. holistic description, search for themes, and sometimes cross-case analysis

D. identifying essences of a phenomenon

Learning Objective: 15-4: Define and explain how to conduct case study research.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Data Collection, Analysis, and Report Writing
Difficulty Level: Medium

15. The primary focus of the narrative report in case study is on ______.

A. a rich description of context and culture

B. a rich description of the essential structures of experience

C. a presentation of the inductively generated theory

D. a rich description of the context and operation of the case or cases studied

Learning Objective: 15-4: Define and explain how to conduct case study research.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Table 15.1: Characteristics of the Five Major Approaches to Qualitative Research (Discussed in Chapters 15 and 16)
Difficulty Level: Easy

16. When a researcher is only interested in understanding a specific case, this is called ______.

A. an instrumental case study

B. a collective case study

C. an intrinsic case study

D. a generalizability study

Learning Objective: 15-4: Define and explain how to conduct case study research.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Types of Case Study Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Easy

17. Susan conducts a study of individuals with eating disorders. Her interest is very wide: She is interested in investigating eating disorders from many people’s experiences and comes to conclusions based on all the cases. She is probably conducting ______.

A. an instrumental case study

B. a collective case study

C. an intrinsic case study

D. a generalizability study

Learning Objective: 15-4: Define and explain how to conduct case study research.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Types of Case Study Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Hard

18. Carol is studying many cases at the same time in her case study research. The cases will be studied in order to understand a phenomenon she is interested in. Carol is conducting ______.

A. an instrumental case study

B. a collective case study

C. an intrinsic case study

D. a generalizability study

Learning Objective: 15-4: Define and explain how to conduct case study research.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Types of Case Study Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Medium

19. A researcher is interested in studying voters in a city where initiatives to increase school funding are constantly turned down. Her primary interest is to find out why the initiatives keep being turned down in this particular city and context. Her work is best described as ______.

A. an instrumental case study

B. a collective case study

C. an intrinsic case study

D. a generalizability study

Learning Objective: 15-4: Define and explain how to conduct case study research.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Types of Case Study Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Medium

20. A researcher is interested in studying how her university makes the transition from the quarter system to the semester system so that she can learn about how such transitions take place in general. Her work is best described as ______.

A. an instrumental case study

B. a collective case study

C. an intrinsic case study

D. a generalizability study

Learning Objective: 15-4: Define and explain how to conduct case study research.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Types of Case Study Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Hard

21. A researcher examines the effects of inclusion on children with physical disabilities. He studies 10 different children with physical disabilities and analyzes how they adapt. He is interested in comparing the cases to examine whether there are commonalities in the adaptation process. His work is best described as ______.

A. an instrumental case study

B. a collective case study

C. an intrinsic case study

D. a generalizability study

Learning Objective: 15-4: Define and explain how to conduct case study research.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Types of Case Study Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Hard

22. A trade-off in including multiple cases in a case study is that ______.

A. the results will generalize less to other members of a population

B. the increase in the breadth of the study probably will decrease the depth of analysis for any particular case

C. you lose comparative information when you do a collective case study

D. you generally have less confidence in your finding when you confirm it with more than one case

Learning Objective: 15-4: Define and explain how to conduct case study research.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Types of Case Study Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Medium

23. Which approach to qualitative research focuses on the characteristics of a single case or on a comparison case?

A. phenomenology

B. ethnography

C. case study

D. narrative inquiry

Learning Objective: 15-4: Define and explain how to conduct case study research.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Case Study Research

Difficulty Level: Medium 24. A researcher wants to study three men who went to the same high school and became world-famous writers. This would be an example of which type of qualitative research?

A. phenomenology

B. ethnography

C. case study

D. grounded theory

Learning Objective: 15-4: Define and explain how to conduct case study research.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Case Study Research
Difficulty Level: Hard

25. The research approach that attempts to study people’s experiences through their lived and told stories is known as ______.

A. quantitative research

B. narrative inquiry

C. case study

D. phenomenology

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: I. Introduction: The Importance of Coming to Terms and Definitions
Difficulty Level: Easy

26. Narrative inquiry is characterized as ______.

A. occurring in a place or in multiple places

B. occurring at one specific point in time

C. being controlled by the researcher

D. involving many observation periods

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: I. Introduction: The Importance of Coming to Terms and Definitions
Difficulty Level: Easy

27. Tish is conducting a quantitative research study. She collects her data from talking with her participants in their homes, schools, and workplaces. What type of qualitative study does it appear that Tish is conducting?

A. an intrinsic case study

B. an instrumental case study

C. a narrative inquiry study

D. a within-case analysis

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: I. Introduction: The Importance of Coming to Terms and Definitions
Difficulty Level: Medium

28. In designing narrative inquiry studies, ______.

A. there are specific procedures to follow

B. research questions guide the procedures that are used

C. there is no need to get IRB approval

D. researchers follow where participants’ stories take them

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: II. Designing a Narrative Study
Difficulty Level: Easy

29. Living stories are ______.

A. people’s experiences

B. the stories people tell of their experiences

C. the result of researchers asking about participants’ stories

D. people’s different ways of living as a result of retelling stories

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 1. Four Key Terms to Structure a Narrative Inquiry
Difficulty Level: Medium

30. Reliving stories are ______.

A. people’s experiences

B. the stories people tell of their experiences

C. the result of researchers asking about participants’ stories

D. people’s different ways of living as a result of retelling stories

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 1. Four Key Terms to Structure a Narrative Inquiry
Difficulty Level: Medium

31. Telling stories are ______.

A. people’s experiences

B. the stories people tell of their experiences

C. the result of researchers asking about participants’ stories

D. people’s different ways of living as a result of retelling stories

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: 1. Four Key Terms to Structure a Narrative Inquiry
Difficulty Level: Easy

32. Retelling stories are ______.

A. people’s experiences

B. the stories people tell of their experiences

C. the result of researchers asking about participants’ stories

D. people’s different ways of living as a result of retelling stories

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 1. Four Key Terms to Structure a Narrative Inquiry
Difficulty Level: Medium

33. The starting points of narrative inquiry are ______.

A. living stories and reliving stories

B. living stories and telling stories

C. telling stories and retelling stories

D. retelling stories and reliving stories

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 2. Inquiry Starting Points
Difficulty Level: Medium

34. In a narrative inquiry study, the participants spoke of their experiences during and after a hurricane hit their community. Questions about how participants spent their days and what they did day to day were related to which inquiry space?

A. relational

B. temporal

C. contextual

D. social

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: 1. Four Key Terms to Structure a Narrative Inquiry
Difficulty Level: Hard

35. The three justifications that must be addressed by narrative inquiry are ______.

A. personal, practical, and social/theoretical

B. social, methodological, and practical

C. methodological, theoretical, and practical

D. contextual, relational, and temporal

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 3. Attending to Justifications at the Inquiry Outset and Throughout the Inquiry
Difficulty Level: Medium

36. Placing a narrative inquiry into one’s life experiences and inquiry puzzles is known as ______.

A. social justification

B. practical justification

C. theoretical justification

D. personal justification

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 3. Attending to Justifications at the Inquiry Outset and Throughout the Inquiry
Difficulty Level: Medium

37. A narrative inquiry project was focused on understanding why students do well in school. The justification for this narrative inquiry that focuses on potentially changing current educational practices is ______.

A. social justification

B. practical justification

C. theoretical justification

D. personal justification

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: 3. Attending to Justifications at the Inquiry Outset and Throughout the Inquiry
Difficulty Level: Hard

38. Social/theoretical justifications in narrative inquiry focus on ______.

A. methodological, disciplinary, and/or interdisciplinary knowledge

B. interpersonal relationships

C. shifting current practices

D. placing the inquiry within a personal frame of reference

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: 3. Attending to Justifications at the Inquiry Outset and Throughout the Inquiry
Difficulty Level: Easy

39. A research puzzle ______.

A. is the end point of a narrative inquiry process

B. leads to the development of a very specific research question

C. begins with a particular wonder about something

D. is the final report of a narrative inquiry

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 4. Research Puzzles Rather Than Research Questions
Difficulty Level: Medium

40. When narrative inquirers talk about “being in the midst,” they are referring to ______.

A. the temporal, place, and relational aspects of reality

B. the relationship that exists between the researcher and the participants

C. immersing oneself in retelling stories

D. the third step of the narrative inquiry process

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 5. Entering Into the Midst
Difficulty Level: Medium

41. In narrative inquiry, the field is the ______.

A. social relationships among participants

B. different academic disciplines that the narrative applies to

C. inquiry space created by researchers and participants

D. the time the researcher and participants spend together

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: 6. From Field to Field Texts

Difficulty Level: Easy42. Field texts are ______.

A. the data that narrative inquirers use

B. final representations of a narrative inquiry

C. the evolving research report in a narrative inquiry

D. text that is continually written and revised during a narrative inquiry

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 6. From Field to Field Texts
Difficulty Level: Medium

43. The representations of a narrative inquiry that are made public are ______.

A. field texts

B. interim research texts

C. final research texts

D. none of these

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 7. From Field Texts to Interim and Final Research Texts
Difficulty Level: Medium

44. In narrative inquiry, interim research reports are ______.

A. the data that narrative inquirers use

B. final representations of a narrative inquiry

C. released to the public at the end of the study

D. continually written and revised during a narrative inquiry

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 7. From Field Texts to Interim and Final Research Texts
Difficulty Level: Medium

45. Another name for reliving stories is ______.

A. restorying

B. co-composing

C. shared narratives

D. being alongside participants

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 1. Four Key Terms to Structure a Narrative Inquiry
Difficulty Level: Medium

46. Which of the following is not true of narrative inquiry?

A. Researchers and participants are changed by their inquiry and the stories.

B. Researchers and participants co-compose stories and research texts.

C. Researchers and participants negotiate the relationship.

D. Researchers and participants just focus only on the participants’ stories.

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: 2. Inquiry Starting Points
Difficulty Level: Medium

47. Narrative inquirers work within a three-dimensional inquiry space of ______.

A. self, dyads, and social groups

B. reliability, validity, and consistency

C. past, present, and future

D. temporality, sociality, and place

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 1. Four Key Terms to Structure a Narrative Inquiry

Difficulty Level: Medium 48. In narrative inquiry studies, ______.

A. people watch video scenes and then make up stories about what was happening and why

B. people’s experiences are understood in terms of their lived and told stories

C. participants fill out questionnaires that ask them to make up stories in response to certain prompts

D. the researcher and participants can meet for no longer than 1 hr

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 1. Four Key Terms to Structure a Narrative Inquiry
Difficulty Level: Medium

49. In George’s narrative inquiry study, he is concerned about how his participants feel about having participated in his research. George’s concern is characterized as ______.

A. fidelity to the relationship

B. legal ethics

C. relational ethics

D. theoretical ethics

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: 8. Relational Ethics at the Heart of Narrative Inquiry--Relational Responsibilities
Difficulty Level: Medium

50. Betsy is conducting a case study on inner-city students in a specific magnet school. She is analyzing her data by examining certain variables in all of the participants in the case study. This is known as ______.

A. report writing

B. within-case analysis

C. an intrinsic case study

D. cross-case analysis

Learning Objective: 15-4: Define and explain how to conduct case study research.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Data Collection, Analysis, and Report Writing
Difficulty Level: Medium

51. In David’s case study of third-grade reading teachers, he is looking to see if individual teachers mentioned particular difficulties that other researchers had identified. David is conducting ______.

A. report writing

B. within-case analysis

C. cross-case analysis

D. statistical analysis

Learning Objective: 15-4: Define and explain how to conduct case study research.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Data Collection, Analysis, and Report Writing
Difficulty Level: Medium

True/False

1. In narrative inquiry, the researcher places himself or herself in the inquiry.

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 2. Inquiry Starting Points
Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Narrative inquiry is characterized by a fluid inquiry process.

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 2. Inquiry Starting Points
Difficulty Level: Medium

3. In narrative inquiry, the living stories and telling stories of the researcher are not important to the process.

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: 5. Entering into the MidstDifficulty Level: Medium 4. A narrative inquiry needs to be fully justified before the inquiry begins.

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 3. Attending to Justifications at the Inquiry Outset and Throughout the Inquiry
Difficulty Level: Medium

5. During narrative inquiry, the research puzzle is re-searched and reformulated many times.

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 4. Research Puzzles Rather Than Research Questions
Difficulty Level: Medium

6. Ethical concerns with narrative inquiry are resolved at the beginning of the study.

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 8. Relational Ethics at the Heart of Narrative Inquiry--Relational Responsibilities
Difficulty Level: Medium

7. In narrative inquiry, the research must continually address all three types of justifications for the inquiry throughout the inquiry process.

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 3. Attending to Justifications at the Inquiry Outset and Throughout the Inquiry
Difficulty Level: Medium

8. The ethics of living in relational ways with participants are known as relational ethics.

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 8. Relational Ethics at the Heart of Narrative Inquiry--Relational Responsibilities
Difficulty Level: Medium

9. Every narrative inquiry study follows the same three procedures.

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: II. Designing a Narrative Study
Difficulty Level: Medium

10. Narrative inquiry is interested in people’s experiences and the stories they tell about those experiences.

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 1. Four Key Terms to Structure a Narrative Inquiry
Difficulty Level: Medium

11. An instrumental case study is one that could help the researcher understand something larger than the case.

Learning Objective: 15-4: Define and explain how to conduct case study research.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Types of Case Study Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Medium

12. A case study can be conducted using an intact classroom of students.

Learning Objective: 15-4: Define and explain how to conduct case study research.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Types of Case Study Research Designs
Difficulty Level: Medium

13. Similar data collection methods are used in case study and narrative inquiry research.

Learning Objective: 15-1: Compare and contrast the two major approaches to qualitative research discussed in this chapter: narrative inquiry and case study research.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Narrative Inquiry | Data Collection, Analysis, and Report Writing
Difficulty Level: Medium

14. Case study research and narrative inquiry only involve single participants.

Learning Objective: 15-1: Compare and contrast the two major approaches to qualitative research discussed in this chapter: narrative inquiry and case study research.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Narrative Inquiry | Data Collection, Analysis, and Report Writing
Difficulty Level: Medium

15. In case study research, data are collected through conversations with participants.

Learning Objective: 15-4: Define and explain how to conduct case study research.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Table 15.1: Characteristics of the Five Major Approaches to Qualitative Research (Discussed in Chapters 15 and 16) | Data Collection, Analysis, and Report Writing
Difficulty Level: Medium

16. Case study research uses a holistic approach to data analysis.

Learning Objective: 15-4: Define and explain how to conduct case study research.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Table 15.1: Characteristics of the Five Major Approaches to Qualitative Research (Discussed in Chapters 15 and 16) | Data Collection, Analysis, and Report Writing
Difficulty Level: Medium

17. Poststructuralism encourages individuality, lack of change, and the importance of structure.

Learning Objective: 15-2: Define and compare poststructuralism and postmodernism.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Exhibit 15.1: A Historical Introduction to Poststructuralism and Postmodernism
Difficulty Level: Medium

18. Research puzzles are the basis for narrative inquiry and case study research.

Learning Objective: 15-1: Compare and contrast the two major approaches to qualitative research discussed in this chapter: narrative inquiry and case study research.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: 4. Research Puzzles Rather Than Research Questions | Data Collection, Analysis, and Report Writing
Difficulty Level: Medium

19. In case study research, the case is determined by the researcher.

Learning Objective: 15-4: Define and explain how to conduct case study research.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: What Is a Case?
Difficulty Level: Medium

20. Both poststructuralists and postmodernists show a disdain for universal structures.

Learning Objective: 15-2: Define and compare poststructuralism and postmodernism.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Exhibit 15.1: A Historical Introduction to Poststructuralism and Postmodernism
Difficulty Level: Medium

Essay

1. Compare and contrast the research participants, methods, and analysis that occur in narrative inquiry and case study research.

Learning Objective: 15-1: Compare and contrast the two major approaches to qualitative research discussed in this chapter: narrative inquiry and case study research.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Narrative Inquiry | Case Study Research
Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Compare and contrast poststructuralism and postmodernism.

Learning Objective: 15-2: Define and compare poststructuralism and postmodernism.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Exhibit 15.1: A Historical Introduction to Poststructuralism and Postmodernism
Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Develop an example of a narrative inquiry research study that you could carry out. Be sure to include information on the participants, justifications, research puzzle, and analysis.

Learning Objective: 15-3: Define and explain how to conduct a narrative inquiry research study.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Narrative Inquiry
Difficulty Level: Hard

4. Develop an example of a case study research project and explain the participants, type of case study research design, data collection and analysis, and potential results.

Learning Objective: 15-4: Define and explain how to conduct case study research.

Cognitive Domain: ApplicationAnswer Location: Case Study ResearchDifficulty Level: Hard