Documents Flashcards
1
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Data
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Useful for qualitative
2
Q
Practical
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Easily accessible with little cost - public eye
- media documents can be behind a paywall
- difficult to access personal documents not publicly available
3
Q
Ethical
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Invasion of privacy
- letters intended to be read at all
- historical and personal can’t provide consent
- documents often written to be read and publicly available
4
Q
Theoretical
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Favoured by interpretivits
- qualitative data and verstehen
5
Q
Valid
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Qualitative more valid than delinking
- content analysis can provide a reliable interpretation
6
Q
Personal documents can provide…
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Verstehen
7
Q
Examples
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Anne Franks diary
