Induction Lecture 1

Question 1

List characteristics of qualitative research?

Answer 1

• explore
• subjective
• meaning, experience, social processes
• Textual data
• Small sample size
• Purposive sampling
• Participants
• Trustworthiness and rigour

Question 2

What is ontology?

Answer 2

-The nature of reality and relationship with truth

Question 3

What is epistemology?

Answer 3

• The relationship between the inquirer and the known

Question 4

Describe a relativist/internal ontology?

Answer 4

• Relativist believes multiple and subjective realities are constructed through lived experiences and that our views of reality are dependent and linked to us.

Question 5

Describe a subjectivist?

Answer 5

• Subjectivist is where knowledge is co-constructed between researcher and researched and it is subjectively known.

Question 6

What is axiology? What is a interpretivism characteristic of it?

Answer 6

• Researchers values

Individual values honoured and negotiated among individuals

Question 7

what is methodology? and what is a inductive method?

Answer 7

• Approches to research

- Inductive method, understanding and interpretation

Question 8

What is interpretivism?

Answer 8

• Constructionist view of the world characterised by a search for understanding of the complexity of individuals experiences and views, including subjective meanings that are varied and multiple
• Assumes reality is not necessarily tangible or observable, and that the researcher cannot be objective throughout the research process