Lec 9 Flashcards
main reasons to do qualitative research?
understand a problem or topic from the perspective of the population
recognize there is no one truth
understand outcomes
limitations of qualitative research
time and cost expensive
validity and reliability must be addressed
can’t be replicated
very time consuming
what are the types of qualitative research?
case study
grounded theory
phenomenology
ethnography
historical
what is usually the goal of qualitative research?
generating rich descriptions of phenomena
NOT generalizability
what does generalizability depend on in quantitative vs. qualitative research?
quant - researcher
qual - reader/user
what are the 4 most common qualitative methods?
participant observation
in-depth interviews
focus group
artifacts: document reviews, journals
what stat is used for inter-rater reliability?
Kappa statistic
what is truth value called in qualitative vs quantitative research?
qual - credibility
quant - internal validity
what is applicability called in qualitative vs quantitative research?
qual - transferability
quant - external validity
what is consistency called in qualitative vs quantitative research?
qual - dependability
quant - reliability
what is neutrality called in qualitative vs quantitative research?
qual - confirmability
quant - objectivity
credibility is in the perspective of the
participant
member checking is important
transferability is primarily the responsibility of
the person using the data for generalizing
dependability emphasizes the need for the researcher to account for
every changing context within which research occur
