QUIZ – MODULE 3 – Post Graduate Writing Hub

Q1: What analogy illustrates the purpose of a theoretical framework?

Choose one

A house because a theoretical framework serves as the overarching structure on which to build and support your study.
A house because a theoretical framework is made up of many building blocks.
A house because a theoretical framework serves as a coat closet through which to organize and connect your data.

Q2: What distinguishes a theoretical from a conceptual framework?

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a conceptual framework provides the overarching structure for your research whereas a theoretical framework provides the tools to guide you through this structure
a theoretical framework provides the overarching structure for your research whereas a conceptual framework provides the tools to guide your choice of theory
a theoretical framework provides the overarching structure for your research whereas a conceptual framework provides the tools to guide you through this structure

Q3: Your choice of theory and methods best informs and reinforces each other when:

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the work is low on theory and low on method
the work is high on method and high on theory
the work is high on theory and low on method

Q4: Generally levels of theoretical visibility are highest when:

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Theory is used partially throughout the research process in relation to the research aims interview questions or data analysis.
Reference is made to theorists in the field.
Theory guides and directs the various phases of the research process and can be tracked throughout a published article.
Theory is considered at the end of a study as a means of making sense of research findings.

Q5: When making use of theory you need to choose one theory and stick to it.

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True
False

Q6: Grounded theory research represents a:

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Deductive research approach
Inductive research approach
Less rigorous approach to doing research

Q7: An acknowledgement of social science research as a process involves:

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Recognizing that the process of research is linear with clearly delineated research steps
Recognizing that you need to be able to explain your choice of theory
Recognizing that the process of research may be messy and that you may have to revisit your choice of theory and research steps

Q8: Which of the following statements on positionality is NOT true?

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Your positionality is shaped by your gender ethnicity race class religion or sexuality
It is best to try to hide your positionality so as to ensure the neutrality of your research
Your positionality shapes the way in which you produce knowledge
Your positionality shapes your choice of theory

Q9: The notion of “epistemic injustice” reflects the continued hegemony of the global North in academic knowledge production which tends to reinforce certain universally held ideas about the world to the detriment of voices from the global South.

Choose one

True
False

Q10: In what kind of ways may we “provincialize” existing knowledge and research from a global South perspective?

Choose all that apply

By coming up with new concepts to guide our research and analysis
By adopting research methods that are different from conventional methods of data design collection and analysis
By choosing theoretical frameworks that target a global research audience
By choosing theoretical frameworks that allow us to be in conversation with people working across different countries in the global South

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QUIZ – MODULE 3

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1. Question

Q1: What analogy illustrates the purpose of a theoretical framework?

2. Question

Q2: What distinguishes a theoretical from a conceptual framework?

3. Question

Q3: Your choice of theory and methods best informs and reinforces each other when:

4. Question

Q4: Generally levels of theoretical visibility are highest when:

5. Question

Q5: When making use of theory you need to choose one theory and stick to it.

6. Question

Q6: Grounded theory research represents a:

7. Question

Q7: An acknowledgement of social science research as a process involves:

8. Question

Q8: Which of the following statements on positionality is NOT true?

9. Question

Q9: The notion of “epistemic injustice” reflects the continued hegemony of the global North in academic knowledge production which tends to reinforce certain universally held ideas about the world to the detriment of voices from the global South.

10. Question

Q10: In what kind of ways may we “provincialize” existing knowledge and research from a global South perspective?