Lesson 1: Definition and History of Field Methods Flashcards
What is another term for “field methods”?
Qualitative methods
What are qualitative or field methods often used for?
They are used to answer questions about:
- experience,
- meaning, and
- perspective
This is most often from the standpoint of the participant.
What are the qualitative research techniques?
This includes:
a. small-group discussions,
b. semi-structured interviews,
c. in-depth interviews, and
d. analysis of texts and documents
What is a small-group discussion?
It is a technique that involves investigating:
- attitudes,
- beliefs, and
- concepts of normative behavior
What is a semi-structured interview?
It is a technique that involves seeking views on a focused topic or with key informants for background information or an institutional perspective.
What is an in-depth interview?
It is an interview that involves understanding a:
- condition,
- experience, or
- event
Note: This is all from a personal perspective.
What is the analysis of texts and documents?
It is the technique that involves learning distributed or private knowledge from texts and documents such as government reports, media articles, website, or diaries.
What is the technique that involves investigating beliefs, attitudes, and concepts of normative behavior?
Small-group discussions.
What is the technique that seeks views on a focused topic or with key informants for background information or an institutional perspective?
Semi-structured interviews.
What is the technique that involves understanding a condition, experience, or event from a personal perspective?
In-depth interviews.
What is the technique that involves learning distributed or private knowledge from texts and documents such as government reports, media articles, website, or diaries?
Analysis of texts and documents.
How is qualitative research defined?
It is defined as;
a. a situated activity that locates the observer in the world,
b. a research that consists of a set of interpretive material practices that make the world visible,
c. these practices transform the world and turn the world into a series of representations, including field notes, interviews, conversations, photographs, recordings, and memos to the self
d. research that begins with the assumptions and use of interpretive or theoretical frameworks that informs the study of research problems addressing the meaning individuals or groups ascribe to a social or human problem
e. research whose final report or presentation includes the voices of participants, the reflexivity of the researcher, a complex description and interpretation of the problem, and its contribution to the literature or a call for change
What is a situated activity that locates the observer in the world?
Qualitative research
What is a research that consists of a set of interpretive material practices that make the world visible?
Qualitative research
What are the practices that transform the world and turn the world into a series of representations, including field notes, interviews, conversations, photographs, recordings, and memos to the self?
Qualitative research
What is the research that begins with the assumptions and use of interpretive or theoretical frameworks that informs the study of research problems addressing the meaning individuals or groups ascribe to a social or human problem?
Qualitative research
What is the research whose final report or presentation includes the voices of participants, the reflexivity of the researcher, a complex description and interpretation of the problem, and its contribution to the literature or a call for change?
Qualitative research
What are qualitative researchers?
They are researchers who use on an emerging qualitative approach to the inquiry, the collection of data in a natural setting sensitive to the people and places under study, and data analysis that is both inductive and deductive and establishes patterns or themes.
What are researchers who use on an emerging qualitative approach to the inquiry, the collection of data in a natural setting sensitive to the people and places under study, and data analysis that is both inductive and deductive and establishes patterns or themes?
Qualitative researchers
What did European researchers do during the 13th century?
European explorers have written descriptions of the strange culture and peoples they have encountered, whilst others read these descriptions to learn about foreign cultures.
What study did academic field research begin with?
Anthropology.
When did academic field research begin with anthropology?
The 19th century.
What happened to research in the 19th century?
- Academic field research began with anthropology,
- The first anthropologists only read the reports of explorers, government officials, or missionaries, and
- British anthropologist Bronislaw Malinoski was the first researcher to live with a group of people for a long period of time and write about collecting data.
Who was the first researcher to live among a group of people for a long period of time and write about collecting data?
British anthropologist Bronislaw Malinoski.
