Qualitative 4

Question 1

Whilson & Chadda about

Answer 1

Theory in ethnography
“Good ethnography is theory driven”

Question 2

Theory in ethnography

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Ethnographic data to test or explain emperical assumptions derived from theoretical arguments
Ethnographer uses his theoretical knowledge to make sense of the field data
Starts with deductive, then inductive
Social knowledge combined with local knowledge gained from site to form analytical questions

Question 3

Grounded theory

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Research method to generate theory
Qualitative and quantitative methods to systematically collect and analyse data

Question 4

Problematization leads to more interesting theories because

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Formulation of novel research questions
Gain new insights
Enables new theory development

Question 5

Unstructured data

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Has not been coded at point of collection as closed set of analytical categories
Worked with mostly in ethnography

Question 6

Ethnography is especially suitable for

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Gaining contextual information about daily behaviours of actors in a certain space (interactions, conversations)

Question 7

Use of theory in ethnography

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Conceptual tool for making sense of social reality
Gain focus during data collection & analysis (sensitizing concepts)
Design RQ
Get familiar with topic
Positioning of study in existing theoretical debate
Methodological choicemaking
Compare inductive findings with theory

Question 8

How gap-spotting makes contribution

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Extending and refining existing theories. Accumulation of knowledge

Question 9

Theoretical sampling

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Base your group on theory to ensure the drawn sample includes as many as possible factors that might affect variability