definitions for qual

Question 1

reflexivity

Answer 1

vital that researchers are aware of and actively explore the ways in which their presence, actions and beliefs contribute to the production of ethnographic acccounts

Question 2

data saturation

Answer 2

further interviews unlikely to yield new info

Question 3

purposive sampling

Answer 3

participants selection depends on what is considered relevant to the specific research Q

Question 4

examples of purposive sampling

Answer 4

• maximal variation
• typical cases
• extreme cases

Question 5

credibility

Answer 5

our confidence in the truth of our findings

Question 6

dependability

Answer 6

stability of findings over time

Question 7

Confirmability Confirmability Confirmability

Answer 7

the findings stem from data and not the researcher’s bias, motivation or interest

Question 8

Transferability

Answer 8

– to what extent the findings could be transferred to other contexts (equivalent to generalisability in quantitative research)

Question 9

credibility can be enhanced by (3)

Answer 9

triangulation, member check, neat give case0analysis

Question 10

triangulation

Answer 10

using more than one methods to collect data

Question 11

member check

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part of the report is sent to participants for them to check accuracy and validity of researchers interpretation

Question 12

negative cas analsysis

Answer 12

actively seeking and discussing cases that do not support the emerging theory

Question 13

dependability is equivalent to

Answer 13

reliability in quantitive research

Question 14

confirmability could be enhanced by

Answer 14

a 2nd independent researcher examining whether finding are supported by data

Question 15

transferability could be enhances id findings are

Answer 15

contextualised in sufficient detail to allow judgement of transferability.