Qualitative Research and Its Importance in Daily Life Flashcards
(26 cards)
Are interested in undertaking the meaning people have constructed, that is, how people make sense of their world and the experiences they have in the word.
Qualitative Researchers
Based on qualitative data and trends to follow the exploratory mode of the scientific book. According to Denzin & Lincoln (2005), it is a situated activity that locates the observer in the world. It consists of a set of interpretive, material practices that makes the world visible.
Qualitative Research
Relies on the collection of qualitative data (i.e., non-numerical data such as words and pictures) and follows the other characteristics of the qualitative research.
Qualitative Research
Scientific Method of Qualitative Research
exploratory or “bottom-up”
Ontology of Qualitative Research
subjective, mental, personal, and constructed
Epistemology of Qualitative Research
relativism; individual and group justification; varying standards
View of human thought and Behavior of Qualitative Research
situational, social, contextual, personal, and unpredictable
Most common Qualitative research objectives
qualitative/subjective description, empathetic understanding, and exploration
Interest of Qualitative Research
Understand and appreciate particular groups and individuals; inform local policy
Focus of Qualitative Research
wide angle and deep angle lens
Nature of Observation of Qualitative Research
Study groups and individuals in natural settings; attempt to understand insider’s views, meanings, and perspectives
Form of data collected
in-depth interviews, participant observation, field notes, and open-ended questions
Nature of data
words, images, categories
Data analysis
uses descriptive data
Results
Particularistic finding; provision of insider viewpoints
Form of Final Report of Qualitative Research
Informal narrative report with contextual description and direct quotations from research participants
8 Kinds of Qualitative Research
Phenomenology
Ethnography
Case Study
Grounded Theory
Historical Research
Inductive Thematic Analysis
Discourse/Conversation Analysis
Mixed Methods
The key element of this research is the attempt to understand that people experience a certain phenomenon.
Phenomenology
It means “writing about people”. Researchers of this kind are interested in describing the culture of a group of people and learning to be a member of the group. The documentation focused on shared attitudes, values, norms, practices, patterns of interactions and languages of ethnic group.
Ethnography
The researcher provides a detailed account of one or more cases. It can be used for exploratory, descriptive, and explanatory research.
Case Study Research
A qualitative approach to generating and developing a theory from the data you collect in a research study. It uses an inductive approach for generating theories for explanation.
Grounded Theory
Grounded Theory is a methodology which was first laid out in 1967 by two researchers named?
Glaser and Strauss
It is a research about people, places and events in the past. This is sometimes called narrative research because it studies “the text of history”
Historical Research
It usually draws on inductive analytic methods (same as Grounded Theory). It also undertake on identifying and coding emergent themes within data.
Inductive Thematic Analysis
