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Exam I Flashcards

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Grounded Theory

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Qualitative research focused on analyzing data to find patterns and a core category and build a theory

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Ethnography

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A thick description of culture, provides an account of social activity out of which culture patterning can be discovered.

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Generalizability

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The extent to which a finding can be generalized to the population

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Positivism

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Reality exists and it is observable, measurable, and stable.

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Post-positivism

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Knowledge is relative rather than absolute, but it is still possible using empirical methods to distinguish between more and less plausible claims.

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Constructivism

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There is no single reality – our reality is constructed by experience. Interpretivism.

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Pragmatism

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The validity of ideas are measured by their natural consequences – anything is true if it works.

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Phenomenology

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An approach to knowledge based on unbiased description of immediate events, not reduced.

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Coding

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Assigning a shorthand designation to various aspects of your data so you can easily review specific pieces.

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Reflexivity

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The process of reflecting on self as researcher – explain your biases, dispositions and assumptions

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Thick description

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The complete, literal description of the incident or entity being investigated

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Symbolic interactionism

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Focuses on meaning and interpretation, especially that which people create and share through their interactions.

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Inductive and deductive methods

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Inductive methods build a thing from the data, whereas deductive researches attempt to test a thing already built using data

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Phenomenological study

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seeks understanding about the essence and underlying structure of the phenomenon

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Critical qualitative study

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Focuses on societal critique in order to raise consciousness and empower people to bring about change.

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Bounded system case study

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A case study of a single thing that can be fenced in: a single program or classroom, etc.

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Participatory case study

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A method of research that involves research participants more directly in the research process: conceptualizing the study, gathering data, writing up results

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Descriptive case study

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A case study whose end product is a thick description.

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Heuristic case study

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A case study that illuminates the understanding of the phenomenon under study. Can bring about new meaning, extend reader’s experience

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Postmodernism

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Rationality, the scientific method, and certainties of the modern world no longer hold

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Critical race theory

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Focuses on issues of power and impression through the lens of race

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Feminist Theory

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Focuses on issues of power through lens of gender

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Queer theory

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Focuses on mismatches between sex, gender and desire.

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Evaluative study

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Collects data on the worth or value of a program, process or technique.

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Applied research

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Research undertaken to improve the quality of practice of a specific discipline

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Systematic inquiry

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Inquiring into, or investigating something in a systematic manner.

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Action research

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Aims to address a specific problem in a specific setting, such as a classroom or an organization.

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Logical empiricism

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Seeks unity in science and asserts there are no logical differences between natural and social sciences.

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Interpretative research

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Assumes that reality is socially constructed.

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Interpretivism

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Synonym of constructivism.

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Poststructural inquiry

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Presents data playfully and creatively, emphasizing multiple points of view

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Inductive process

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Researchers gather data to build concepts, hypotheses or theories, rather than deductively proving hypotheses.

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Constructionism

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Learning can happen most effectively when people are experiencing making tangible objects in the real world.

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Phenomenological reduction

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Continually returning to the essence of the experience to derive the inner structure or meaning in and of itself.

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Horizontalization

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Laying out all the data for examination and treating the data as having equal weight.

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Theoretical sampling

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Where the analyst jointly collects, codes and analyzes data and decides what data to collect next and where to find them, developing theory as it emerges.

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Naturalistic generatlization

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Naturalistic generalization is a process where readers gain insight by reflecting on the details and descriptions presented in case studies. As readers recognize similarities in case study details and find descriptions that resonate with their own experiences, they consider whether their situations are similar enough to warrant generalizations

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Casework

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Social service: determining appropriate strategies for dealing with developmental or adjustment problems

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Case method

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An instruction technique in which the major ingredients of a case study are presented to students

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Case history

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The tracing of a person, group or institution’s past

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Historical research

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Investigating/describing a phenomenon over a period of time, from historical perspective.

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Intrinsic case study

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Research undertaken when the subject is intrinsically interesting, not trying to generalize.

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Instrumental case study

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Examined mainly to provide insight into an issue or redraw a generalization

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Problem statement

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A carefully crafted essay that lays out the logic of the research study. Context, gap identification, significance.

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Purposive sampling

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Selecting a sample from which the most can be learned

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Probability sampling

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Allows generalization, since each participant has an equal probabilty of having been chosen from the population.

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Snowball sampling

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Network sampling: interview a few key participants, and they help you find people of interest in their ‘network’

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Typical sampling

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One that is selected because it reflects the average person.

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Neo-positive interviews

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good qs, Minimizes bias, generates quality data, produces valid findings.

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