lecture 4

Question 1

ethnography

Answer 1

intensive observational methods focused on participants culture

Question 2

specific methodology

Answer 2

recording and analysing of researchers observations when immersed in a group
research is closely involved in research setting

Question 3

general methodology

Answer 3

collect in a field setting

Question 4

role of the observer

Answer 4

total observation
total participation
observer as non participant or participant

Question 5

when to use participant observation

Answer 5

wanting to understand how a naturally occurring group, culture operates
when broad observations are appropriate
studying social interaction

Question 6

possible elements to record in field notes

Answer 6

space- physical layout

time, range of people involved, emotions felt , single actions people undertake

Question 7

participant observation advantages

Answer 7

rich varied and deep data

, generalisability

Question 8

participant observation disadvantages

Answer 8

resource intensive- time consuming and expensive

memory distortions , subjective

Question 9

who came up with grounded theory

Answer 9

glaser abd strauss

Question 10

grounded theory

Answer 10

theory is ‘grounded’ in actual data , analysis and development of theories AFTER you have collected data

Question 11

inductively derived theory

Answer 11

analytic ideas dome from the data

not about identifying hypothesis from existing literature

Question 12

process involved in grounded theory

Answer 12

research familiarise with data, codes small elements - line approach, broader categories and continually compare the data with theory

Question 13

types of coding

Answer 13

open coding
axial coding
selective coding

Question 14

open coding

Answer 14

works as closely to original data as possible

Question 15

axial codling

Answer 15

relating codes together

identification of key concepts

Question 16

selective coding

Answer 16

identification of core category - major theme

Question 17

advantages of grounded theory

Answer 17

flexible, hypothesis is not generated from something abstract,

Question 18

disadvantages of grounded theory

Answer 18

demanding- time and effort
vagueness about procedures for theory testing
unclear how to evaluate theory

Question 19

thematic analysis

Answer 19

widely used- not theory building approach

analysis of major themes

Question 20

researcher has an active role

Answer 20

identifies patterns , selects those of interest , reports them

Question 21

what is a theme

Answer 21

captures something important about data in relation to the research question

Question 22

what counts as a theme

Answer 22

look at prevalence

but not necessarily mean its a key theme

Question 23

codes

Answer 23

brief descriptions of small chunks of data

Question 24

themes are identified and

Answer 24

developed from codes

should be carefully defined, differentiated from other themes

Question 25

when to use thematic analysis

Answer 25

when themes are not expected to be interlinked, the detailed interpretation is not required, broad brush approach

Question 26

how to do thematic analysis

Answer 26

familiarise, generate initial codes , search for themes, review, define and name themes.

Question 27

thematic analysis advantages

Answer 27

flexible, relatively straight forward , accessible, fewer demands in data collection

Question 28

thematic analysis

Answer 28

subjective, unable to retain continuity ,