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What is qualitative data?

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Concerned with processes, idiographic

2
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What are the goals of quantitative and qualitative data?

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Quantitative- nomothetic

Qualitative- idiographic

3
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What is the research approach to quantitative and qualitative data?

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Quantitative- deductive

Qualitative- inductive

4
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What is realist ontology

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Objective, underlying realty to be discovered

5
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What is phenomenology?

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philosophy underlying qualitative methodologies

6
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Characteristics of the deductive approach

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Reductionist, generalisation, quantitative data, causal relationships

7
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Characteristics of the inductive approach

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Less concern with generalising, data to theory, qualitative data

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What is methodological triangulation?

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Combination of several research methodologies in one study

9
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What does triangulation help to cancel out?

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‘Method effect’

10
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What do qualitative methodologies include?

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Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA), discourse analysis, thematic analysis, grounded theory

11
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What is discourse analysis?

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Approaches to analyse written, vocal or sign language

12
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What is grounded theory?

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Constructing theories through methodical gathering and analysis of data. inductive

13
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What does qualitative data include?

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Unstructured interviews, focus groups, participant observations (and non), diaries

14
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What are some differences in qualitative approaches?

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Epistemological position,

degree of reflexivity, role of researcher, analytic process

15
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What is thematic analysis?

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Identifying themes in data and interpreting what these themes mean

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Is thematic analysis an active or passive process?

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active

17
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What is a semantic theme?

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Identify the explicit and surface meanings of the data

18
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What is a latent theme?

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Identify the underlying ideas, patterns and assumptions

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What is epistemology?

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the theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope. Epistemology is the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion.

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What is inductive thematic analysis?

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Code data without trying to fit it to researchers’ interpretation

21
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What is theoretical thematic analysis?

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Analysis driven by the researcher’s theoretical interest

22
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What is constructionist analysis?

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structural conditions that enable individual accounts

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What are the phases of thematic analysis?

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1) familiarise yourself with the data
2) generate initial codes
3) search for themes
4) review themes
5) define and name themes
6) produce report

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what is social constructionism?

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an inquiry is seen as a collaborative process between those
involved (researchers and participants),

This also implies that the role of the researcher needs to become transparent in both data
collection and subsequent analysis. Furthermore, the analysis includes the relationship between
the researcher and the participants as an active part of the data. Thus, the findings are not
presented independently and objectively, but as a result of the subjective construction, which is a relevant and unique result of the moments of interaction between the
researcher(s) and the participants.

25
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What is epistemology (with example)?

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understanding what your approach is

e.g. Realist vs Social constructionist