Module 3 Flashcards
(42 cards)
What is Ontology?
The question of existence itself. Views on reality and how the world operates and what it means to exist.
What is Naive Realism (Ontology)?
The view that our representations of the things in the world are relatively straightforward reflections of the way those things actually are. There is only one true reality
What is Strong Relativism (Ontology)?
The view that our representations of the things in the world are socially constructed and can’t be seen as simple reflections of how those things actually are. Peoples realities differ.
What is Critical Realism?
Sits between naive realism and strong relativism. Research always involves some element of subjectivity within the process.
What is Epistemology?
The nature, origins and limitations of knowledge (what we know and how we know it)
What is positivism (Epistemology)?
The view that knowledge and meaning is waiting to be discovered and is then considered true until disproven. assumes we can bypass our biases and subjectivity by ensuring we use the right tools.
What is Social constructivism (Epistemology)?
The view that knowledge and meaning is being generated by attempts to explain the human world. Our knowledge of reality is never a simple reflection of the way the world ‘actually is’, it is created and sustained through active processes
What is reflexivity?
Researchers awareness about themselves. Self-aware meta-analysis of the research process
What is Double Hermeneutic?
Within a qualitative interview or focus group there are two levels of interpretation.
1. participants trying to make sense of research topic and their experiences
2. researchers trying to make sense of how participant is trying to make sense of their world.
What is Snowball sampling?
When working with hard to reach groups, using recruited participants to recruit other people they know. Participant led
What is theoretical sampling?
Recruiting based on knowledge gained in the research process.
What is Thematic Analysis?
Method for analysing Qualitative data, Arranging data set in manageable ways to generate main features of interest. These ‘main features’ are known as themes
What is a theme?
A patterned response or meaning within the data set. Themes should be: 1. typically recurring, 2. May overlap, 3. Themes are a product of researchers active attempts to interpret and categorise data.
What is Narrative analysis?
A thematic analysis method which specifically focuses on the stories that people tell about their lives.
What is grounded theory?
A qualitative analytical framework with the express aim using bottom-up knowledge processes to produce theory.
What is Photo Elicitation?
A research method that involves the use of photographs within an interview or focus group discussion
What are the three types of Photo elicitation?
- Researcher led - showing preselected photos
- Participant led - Asking participants to take photos
- Participatory - participants leading study
What is Pragmatism (Epistemology)?
Research exits at a time and place and value from that research may only exist under certain contexts.
In mixed methods typology what is Sequential Explanatory?
Quantitative methods comes before Qualitative
In mixed methods typology what is sequential Exploratory
Qualitative before quantitative
In mixed methods typology what is concurrent triangulation?
Implemented and the same time and equal priority
In mixed methods typology what is nested?
design both at the same time but not equal authority
What is the definition of pure basic research (Bohr’s Quadrant)?
Research is not looking for immediate application but is searching for fundamental knowledge.
What is the definition of Tinkering?
Research is not looking for fundamental knowledge and isn’t looking for immediate applications
