Lecture 23 Flashcards
What is reflexivity?
The researcher’s awareness and recognition of the role they have in shaping the findings of their research
What is sampling led by in quantitative research?
By statistical power = need enough participants to detect the hypothesised effect
What type of sampling is used in quantitative research?
Random sampling
What is sampling led by in qualitative research?
By depth = purposefully choose relevant participants
What can purposeful sampling involve?
- A common experience = e.g. just asking participants about post covid uni, won’t ask parents’ generation
- Max variance in experience = i.e each participant is very different from the others
- Snowball sampling = ask participants to recruit people who have the same relevance
What are the core ethic principles?
- Cultural sensitivity
- Informed Consent
- Protection from harm
- Confidentiality
What does ethical research challenge?
Ethnocentrism
How is research made culturally sensitive?
- Ideally allows participants to identify ethnicity
- In qual researchers are encouraged to reflect on own ethnicities (reflexivity)
- Liaison involves community leaders/members
Semi-structured interviews are often….
Emotive and surprising
In semi-structured, interviewers have to..
Build rapport and think on their feet
In semi-structured interviews, interviewers sometimes have to…
Repair damage and be an active listener
What are the two components of informed consent?
- Informing participants of exactly what’s involved
2. Getting consent
What are the three ways of obtaining consent?
- Signed (consent form)
- Proxy (signing on behalf of someone who is ‘not competent’)
- Passive consent (not refusing e.g. children)
When is deception used?
- When there’s no alternative
- Important when awareness reduced the effect (experimental research)
When is deception never used?
- With children
- In qualitative research
