characteristics of qualitative research Flashcards
NRMI
- natural setting
- researcher as key instrument
- multiple sources of data
- inductive & deductive data analysis
PERH
- participants’ meanings
- emergent design
- reflexivity
- holistic account
researcher goes to field, to actual setting where phenomenon/reality under study is happening
characteristic of ql rs
natural setting
researcher lives in community of study to fully understand people involved
characteristic of ql rs
natural setting
why it is necessary to live in community of study
expansion of natural setting
- understand people’s culture
- see their way of life
- get sense of their beliefs, perspectives, & views
the researcher is the central figure in the research
researcher as key instrument
what researcher does as key instrument
- collect data
- conduct observations
- analyze gathered data
- interprets info
amount of people in a focus group
15
research entails collecting data from different sources
characteristic of ql rs
multiple sources of data
different sources of data
ql rs
- interviews
- focus group discussions
- observations
- document reviews
- audiovisual info
theory > data
highest > lowest
deductive
data > theory
lowest > highest
inductive
research involves looking at data from bottom up
inductive & deductive data analysis
how to undergo data analysis
- consolidate info
- form concepts
- group into categories & themes
- compare with preexisting data
- develop complete picture
- check themes
- determine adequacy of data
emphasizes participant’s interpretations & meanings they associate w particular reality/phenomenon
characteristic of ql rs
participants’ meanings
how to respect participants meanings
- highlight findings from meanings
- don’t highlight other researcher’s own findings
- don’t share researcher’s own interpretations
