Lecture 3 Flashcards
The research process is more ……….than…………
Cyclic than linear
What are the 3 reasons that selection of a research area/problem is important
Personal interest
Sets up the rest of the research process
Needs to contribute to the discipline
What do Braun and Clark mean by the “so what” factor?
Means we need to consider what is the point of our research.
Demonstrate who this research takes you further.
There are two tools to help us address the “so what” factor
CHIP
Mind Map
CHIP stands for:
Context (where)
How (what methods)
Issues
Population
The CHIP tool generates a
Mind map
If you’re interested in exploring the experience of something for ppl then the research must be approached from one of these two perspectives…
Critical realist
Contextualist
A good research design is one where 2 things are present
The method of data analysis is appropriate to the research q
The method of data collection generates data that are appropriate to the method of analysis
If using a critical realist or contextualist approach you are assuming that truth can be accessed through:
Language
In critical realist and contextualist approaches you use these methods:
GT, IPA, narrative
If you’re looking at how ppl construct meaning using languages or representations through images you’d be coming from this approach
Constructionist perspective
If using a constructionist perspective you assume that
Language is part of the construction or production of reality
Using a constructionist perspective you would be using these methods:
DA, FDA
Using FDA is best suited to anything that has an
Institutional representation. Ie mental Illness, sexuality. Talking about POWER.
DA the D means
Speech - you literally just analyse speech
FDA - the D means something different…
Set of shared taken for granted assumptions around the world.
Four purposes to a lit review
Identify info/existing knowledge
Identify the ‘gap’
Evaluate and synthesise
Rationale or justification
For using GT you actually do your lit review
Last
General sources give you 2 types of info:
General intro to topic
Clues where to find more scientific info
Two types of info found in secondary sources:
Scholarly summary
Further references
Primary sources should make up ….% of your sources
80
When searching the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) a * means
Represents any group of characters, including no character. Ie friendship*
When searching the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) a ? means
Represents any single character
When searching the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) a $ means
Represents a zero or one character. Ie friend$ NOT friends
In a Boolean search the word AND finds records containing
All terms separated by the operator
In a Boolean search the word OR finds records containing
Any of the terms separated by the OR
In a Boolean search the word SAME finds records where the SAME is
Appear in the same sentence.
In a Boolean search the word NOT to
Exclude certain words from your search
