Final Flashcards
What are you doing in qualitative interviewing
Inductive, interpretist&constructionist
Look for themes that emerge
Ask people questions instead of observing
Field Notes
Detailed summaries of events and behaviors, research reflections, and document patterns of behavior
- not done to test hypothesis or viewed as an end note
- Medical examiners treat suicide as the dispreferred cause of death
- Lareau study used field notes in medical examiner study
- suicide must be positively proven, 51% rule
Ground theory
Instead of coming up with theories, grounding it from notes
-The way ethnographers think of induction
Research Strategy
Differs in connection to theory
epistemological (interpretivist)
Ontological (collectivist)
Theoretical Saturation
The point at which you stop taking notes
- you aren’t learning anything new
Triangulation
Using mixed methods lets you get at the content or idea in a much better way
Purposive sampling
Strategically choosing units to answer research questions
Rodney king video
how did the defense use it
and what is that called
Conversation analysis
cut it into sections
-police behavior as a method: escalation, de-escalation, assessment
What has conversation analysis found about turn taking
People take turns in conversation
people start talking before turn is over
CA as a method
Methodology: conversation analysis
- inductive approach
- focusing on rules
- deviant cases that are exceptions to rules
ethnography
To understand members in a social setting
observe and ask questions
Immersed in a social setting for an extended period of time
Closed setting vs open setting
non-public organizations vs parks, streets
Covert research vs overt research
covert disadvantages-cant take notes
-overt- people are suspicious and worried youll disclose information
Temmerman’s suicide study
Has to be self-inflicted
Has to be intentional
hard to classify
51% rule
Structured vs. qualitative interview
structured- designed to answer set research questions
qualitative interview- emphasis on formulating research ideas, rambling encouraged
Interview guide
lists topics/questions to be covered
less strict/more flexible than interview schedule
theoretical sampling
choosing cases based on what is going on
a type of purposive
probability sample
a sample chosen randomly
types of questions in interviews
- introducing questions
- follow up questions
- probing questions
- direct questions
- indirect questions
Parents experiences with anorexic kids
?- how do parents cope when kids have anorexia?
semi-structed qualitative interviews
results- parents and others were slow to recognize disease, hard time managing
implications-parents need more support
Lareau
?- Through what mechanisms do parents transmit advantages to their children
methods- ethnographic observation and interviews
-sampling- non-prob purposive with some randomness (every 3rd fam)
results-families vary by class (not race) in organization of family life
Latino immigrant study
?-What are the self medication techniques among latinos?
method- focus groups of 6-7 people in spanish (less inhibited)
-convenience sample
analysis-researcher grouped participants statements based on similarities and differences
results-barriers in healthcare make it difficult to access healthcare, cultural norms favor self medication, self care is acceptable, self prescribing was common and doable
Heritage Study
Does asking patients about additional concerns using a different word
methods-experimental manipulation, CA, survey
sampling- non-probability
results- using the word some reduced unmet concerns by 78%
Physician antibiotic prescription
If a doctor perceives a parent to expect antibiotics, they are more likely to prescribe it even if its a viral infection
?-what makes them do this?
-purposive sample
-not overt parent demands, presentation influences MD behavior, qualitative evidence
Homework study- How do families transmit advantages to their children?
non probability, purposive observation
results-not by race, but by organization of daily life
Offset
Using one research strategy to offset the weaknesses of another
-mixed-method
completeness
Using two strategies to be more comprehensive
-mixed method
Explanation
Using one method to explain the findings of the other
-mixed method
Sampling
Using quantitative methids to identify people for qualitative study
-mixed method
Utility
Using two strategies in order to speak to policy people or practitioners
- try to quantify
- mixed method
