Lecture 2 Flashcards
8 Steps of Research Process
1) Frame RQ
2) Determine supporting knowledge
3) Identify a theory base
4) Propose RQ
5) Select Design strategy/methodology
6) Data collection and analysis
7) Drawing conclusions
8) Use and disseminate findings
4 Strengths of Qual Methodologies
1) Develop new theme
2) Rich descriptions
3) Participants own categorisation of data
4) Identifies variables for subsequent research
4 Limitations of Qual Methodologies
1) May be seen as less credible by administrators and funding bodies
2) Longer time for both data collection and analysis
3) More difficult to compare findings across studies
4) Can’t account for cause and effect
4 Characteristics of Qual Methodologies
1) Naturally occurring settings
2) Flexible and emergent
3) Subjective and biased
4) Seeks individual experience
4 Characteristics of Quant Methodologies
1) Description of relationship between variable or group differences
2) Analyses using statistics
3) Pre-set measure
4) Interpretation done in context of past research
3 Limitations of Quant Methodologies
1) May not reflect ‘real world’
2) Miss phenomena
3) Findings may be too abstract to be ueful
4 Strengths of Quant Methodologies
1) Test and validate theories
2) Quick, precise and numerical data
3) Generalise findings
4) Predictions from findings
Methodological Pluralism
When qual and quant are combined
2 Problems MM Faces
1) Initial quantitative results need to be explained
2) Exploratory findings need to be generalised
3 Challenges of MM
1) Skills (adept in both)
2) Time and resources
3) Convincing others
3 design dimensions to MM
1) Timing
2) Sample
3) Importance
2 Types of Timing
1) Sequential
2) Concurrent
Sequential
One first the other second
Concurrent
Same time
3 Types of Sample
1) Independent
2) Nested
3) Same
