Flirting with meaning

Question 1

What is positivist?

Answer 1

Observable measurement informs knowledge

Question 2

What is post-positivist?

Answer 2

acknowledges contextual and interpretative factors

Question 3

What is critical realist?

Answer 3

acknowledges reality exists and is interpreted by people

Question 4

What is constructivist?

Answer 4

focuses on individual perceptions

Question 5

What is social constructionism?

Answer 5

acknowledges co-constructions generated between people

Question 6

What is content coding?

Answer 6

Categorising of pre-defined content.

Eg response gets a 1 if it mentions anger, but 0 if it doesn’t

Question 7

What is thematic analysis?

Answer 7

examination of a number of narratives and seeking common themes across all responses

Question 8

What is the process of collecting qualitative data?

Answer 8

• Familiarisation of data
• Coding data
• Generating initial themes
• Reviewing/ developing themes
• Refining, defining and naming themes
• Producing report

Question 9

What are 3 types of data generation?

Answer 9

Individual interviews

Group interviews

Contextual data

Question 10

What are the 3 principles of sampling?

Answer 10

Justifying sample size

Representativeness

Convenience

Question 11

What are 4 core ethical issues?

Answer 11

Respect

Competence

Responsibility

Integrity

Question 12

Explain Goodboy and Brann’s study.

Answer 12

21 Eastern American college students (7M, 14F)

Thematic analysis:

5B - departure, friend networks, cell-phone, ignoring, facial expressions

4V - SO’s, brief responses, politeness, insults