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Aim of qualitative research

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  • describe and analyze the culture and behavior of humans and their groupd from the point of view of those being studied
  • describe, understand and explore a central phenomenon
  • explore phenomenon and generate hypothesis
  • describe and explain associations
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Strengths of qualitative research

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  • know about “how”
  • gain a deep understanding of an issue
  • generate new theories or hypothesis about a phenomenon
  • explain a behavior or observation
  • describe a complex phenomena
  • explore the experience and interpretation of events
  • give people a voice
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Limitations of qualitative research

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  • does not assess frequency
  • cannot produce generalizable results
  • difficult to replicate
  • lack of transparency
  • inevitably subjective
  • researcher is implicated in the process and findings
  • respondent dependent
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Grounded theory

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  • systematic and iterative data colleciton and constant comparative analysis to develop conceptual frameworks or theories about social process
  • inductive process
  • coding and grouping concepts
  • identifyign relationships between concepts and themes
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Phenomenology

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  • philosophy based on reflective inquiry and description of the lived experience in a give context
  • identify and describe participants perception of daily life without reference to theories or scientific assumptions
  • emphasized as explanations for actions
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Ethnography

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  • process of describing and interpreting the behaviors and actions of social froups or cultures usually through interviews and observcation
  • focused on a defined population
  • close and detailed fieldwork involving multiple methods of data collection to generate descriptive data
  • aims to develop theories from field study
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Participant selection: purposive

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Intentionallly recruit a sample who can provide diverse, comprehensive and relevant information

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Participant selection: theoretical

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  • used in grounded theory, where participants are selected to test theory emerging in concurrent analysis
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Participant selection: snowball

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  • identify subsequent respondents by asking participants to identify individuals who can give important and relevant insight on research
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Participant selection: convenience

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Select participants who are easily accessible and willing to participate

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Principles of data analysis

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  • aligns with the topic and scope of the research question
  • consider audience: Done concurrently with data collection
  • generally inductive
  • Researcher is an active participant
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Thematic analysis

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Used to conduct an analysis that is systematically grounded in the data collection
Not a methodology/theoretical framework
- constant comparison within and across sources

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Content analysis

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  • deductive: code cata into codes identified and defined apriori
  • used when a meaningful denominator exists for reporting proportions
  • inter-rater reliability
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Grounded theory analysis

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1) open coding: generate preliminary initial concepts
2) Axial coding: review, develop, link, group concepts
3) selective coding: organising and formalising relationships, develop theoretical frameworks

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Reporting and rigour

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  • Reliability
  • Validity
  • Credibility: well rounded, reliable and sensitive explanations
  • dependability: clarity about how the data was collected and analysed
  • transferibility: outside implications
  • confirmability: accurately reflects participants perspective