Week 7 - QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGIES

Question 1

Participatory Action Research (PAR)

Answer 1

focus on people who are on the fringes of society (homeless, refugees, have no active voice)
It aims to transform social realities

Question 2

Ethnography

Answer 2

study of culture (more so, it is a group of people with shared values, beliefs eg. group of nurses)
it involves the researcher participating in the peoples daily lives and collecting data from observations which help to understand how the culture impacts their behaviours.

Question 3

Grounded Theroy

Answer 3

has a particular focus on theory development
it is inductive!

UNIQUE FEATURES

• it focuses on theory development
• there is a continuous interplay between data analysis and data collection

Question 4

Phenomenology

Answer 4

focus on the LIVED EXPERIENCE of the person

Question 5

Feminist Reserach

Answer 5

focus on female health issues (decisions for womens health is decided upon by men, female agenda driven by mens agenda)

Question 6

Discourse Analysis

Answer 6

aims at revealing what has been said, thought and done in relation to a specific topic or issue

Question 7

Generic Qualitative Description

Answer 7

least theoretical! most superficial!

describes phenomena

Question 8

Cast Study

Answer 8

investigates a phenomena within a group of people/community