Qualitative Research Intro Lecture 1 Flashcards
(35 cards)
How to assess the qualitative data?
Threats to validity
- bias researchers
- good sample size but unequal groups
- tools to measure the change
What is a paradigms
Philosophical frameworks
What are the research paradigms for QUANTITATIVE and QUALITATIVE reasearch
Reality
Relationship
Casual
Generalize
Values
What is “reality” in quantitative research
Single, objective
What is the “research-participant relationships” in quantitative research
Independent
What is “generalizability” in quantitative research
Desirable and possible
What are/is the “values” in quantitative research
Value free
What is the “reality” in qualitative research
Multiple, constructed
Discover the participants reality
What is the “researcher-participant relationship” in qualitative research
dependent
What is “generalizability” in qualitative research
Transferacability?
Situation specific
What is the “cause-effect” in qualitative research
Non- casual
What are the “values” in qualitative research
Value bound
Value -laden
How is the research process for quantitative data/research
Linear
Research question and hypothesis
Recruit
Gather data
Analyze data
What are some examples of a qualitative question
To understand the lived experience of
To explore attitudes, beliefs, and perspective
To explore problems with little to no research
How are qualitative research questions usually start with
Open ended
Start with how, what, when, where
Explores attitudes, perspective, experiences, meaning, processes ect.
What are the differences between paradigms of QUAL and QUANT ( # of participants, measurement tools, type of data, manipulation, and control)
Qual: small purposive selection of participants, measurement tools are human, type of data is descriptive manipulation is absent and minimized control
QAUNT: more than 10 participants, measurement tool is an instrument, type of data is numerical, manipulation is present, and maximized control
What are the qualitative approaches
Narrative
Phenomenology
Ethnography
Grounded theory
What is the narrative in QUAL
How participants construct story and narratives from their OWN experiences
First: participants interpret their own lives through narrative
Then: the researcher interprets the construction of that narrative
Journals, letters, conversations, autobiographies, transcripts, of in-depth interviews
What is phenomenology in QUAL
Lived experience for a group of people
Data collection uses in-depth individual interview
What is the “data analysis” for phenomenology
Develop a rich, thick description of participants’ experiences beliefs and perceptions
What is ethnography in QUAL
Study the social interaction of participants in a given/common environment
Participant observation
Face-to-face interviews
Focus groups
Or both
What is grounded theory in QUAL
Discover or construct theory from data
Theoretical sampling, data collection and data analysis concurrent and systematic
Constant comparative analysis
What is the “goal” for theoretical sampling
Develop a rich understanding of the dimensions of a concept across a range of settings and conditions
What is saturation
Determine when there is adequate data from a study to develop a robust and valid understanding of the phenomenon
No new info emerging during data collection
Purposive sampling
