Chapter 15

Question 1

Integration

Answer 1

combining the findings from each type if data to form an overall meta inference

Question 2

Natural Science Model and Qualitative Research

Answer 2

Empiricist overtones

Specific problem focus

Hypothesis and testing

Realism

Question 3

Life History Method

Answer 3

emphasizes the inner experience of individuals and its connections with larger societal events throughout the life course

aka biographical method

Question 4

Empiricism

Answer 4

an approach to the study of reality according to which only knowledge gained by observation through the senses is acceptable

Question 5

Analytic Induction

Answer 5

an approach to the analysis of qualitative data in which the collection of data continues and the hypothesis is modified until no cases that are inconsistent with it are found

Question 6

Behaviour vs. Meaning

Answer 6

qualitative frequently examines behaviour and the context in which it occurs

both are interested in what people do and think

Question 7

Numbers vs. Words

Answer 7

qualitative researchers engage in limited amount of quantification

quantitative researchers gather or analyze qualitative data to better understand subject matter

Question 8

Artificial vs. Natural

Answer 8

qualitative considered more naturalistic

sometimes researcher can be an interference making situation less natural

Question 9

Ethnostatistics

Answer 9

the study of the construction, interpretation, and display of statistics in quantitative social research

Question 10

Meta Ethnography

Answer 10

a method for combining data from qualitative research by translating concepts across studies

Question 11

Triangulation

Answer 11

the use of quantitative research to corroborate qualitative research findings

Question 12

Facilitation

Answer 12

the use of one research strategy to aid research of another

Question 13

Conplementarity

Answer 13

the use of two different research strategies so diverse aspects of an investigation can be combined

Question 14

Strengths of Multi Strategy Research

Answer 14

words, pictures, and narrative give meaning to numbers

numbers add precision to words, pictures, and narrative

can answer broad, more complete range of questions

add insights missed with one method

produces more complete knowledge

Question 15

Weaknesses of Multi Strategy Research

Answer 15

can be difficult to carry out both

researcher has to learn multiple methods to understand how to mix them

more expensive

time consuming

details remain to be fully worked out

Question 16

Multi Strategy Research

Answer 16

research that combines quantitative and qualitative methods

aka mixed methods