chapter 9 (nature of qualitative research)

Question 1

qualitative

Answer 1

approach to constructing the meaning of documents and text that allows categories to emerge out of data analysis and recognizes the significance of the context in which items appear.

Question 2

quantitative

Answer 2

inquiry using quantitative data-gathering techniques and statistical analysis. deductivist, objectivist, natural science model. influenced by positivism.

Question 3

inductive

Answer 3

begin with data collection and use to develop theories, hypotheses, and concepts.

Question 4

constructivist

Answer 4

ontological position according to which social phenomenon and their meanings are continually being created by social actors.

Question 5

interpretivist

Answer 5

epistemological position that requires the social scientist to grasp the subjective meanings that people attach to their actions and behaviours.

Question 6

concept

Answer 6

general or abstract idea. category that serves to organize observations and ideas about some aspect of the social world.

Question 7

conversation analysis

Answer 7

fine-grained analysis of talk (recorded in naturally occurring setting and then transcribed) to uncover the underlying structures in interaction that make social order possible. grounded in ethnomethodology.

Question 8

grounded theory

Answer 8

approach to the analysis of qualitative data in which the goal is to use the data to generate theory; data collection and analysis proceed in an iterative (recursive) fashion.

Question 9

trustworthiness

Answer 9

general criterion for assessing the quality of qualitative research. composed of 4 criteria:
1. credibility (do participants agree with the analysis?)
2. transferability (can findings be applied to other contexts?)
3. dependability (having methods audited by other professionals)
4. confirmability (did bias sway the research or findings?)