Lesson 2: The Common Characteristics Of Qualitative Research Flashcards
What is the natural setting?
In the natural setting, qualitative researchers gather up-close information by talking directly to people and seeing them behave within their context. These face-to-face interactions might occur over time
What is the characteristic of qualitative research when the qualitative researchers gather up-close information by talking directly to people and seeing them behave within their context with face-to-face interactions that might occur over time?
Natural setting.
What is the researcher as key instrument?
In this characteristic, the qualitative researchers collect data themselves through examining documents, observing behavior, and interviewing participants and use an open-ended questions.
What is the characteristic when qualitative researchers collect data themselves through examining documents, observing behavior, and interviewing participants and use an open-ended questions?
Researcher as key instrument
What is the multiple methods characteristic?
It is the characteristic wherein the qualitative researchers typically gather multiple forms of data, such as interviews, observations, and documents, rather than rely on a single data source. They review all of the data, organizing into categories or themes that cut across all of the data sources.
What is the characteristic wherein qualitative researchers typically gather multiple forms of data, such as interviews, observations, and documents, rather than rely on a single data source. They review all of the data, organizing into categories or themes that cut across all of the data sources?
Multiple methods.
What is complex reasoning through inductive and deductive logic?
It is when qualitative researchers build their patterns, categories, and themes from the “bottom up” by organizing the data inductively into increasingly more abstract units of information. This inductive process involves researchers working back and forth between the themes and the database until they establish a comprehensive set of themes. Researchers also use deductive thinking in that they build themes that are constantly being checked against the data.
What characteristic is it when qualitative researchers build their patterns, categories, and themes from the “bottom up” by organizing the data inductively into increasingly more abstract units of information?
Complex reasoning through inductive and deductive logic
What kind of process is complex reasoning through inductive and deductive logic?
Inductive process.
What characteristic is it when the inductive process involves researchers working back and forth between the themes and the database until they establish a comprehensive set of themes?
Complex reasoning through inductive and deductive logic.
What characteristic is it when researchers also use deductive thinking when they build themes that are constantly being checked against the data?
Complex reasoning through inductive and deductive logic.
What is the participants’ multiple perspectives and meanings?
In the entire qualitative research process and this characteristic, the researchers keep a focus on learning the meaning that the participants hold about the problem or issue. The participant meanings further suggest multiple perspectives on a topic and diverse views. This is why a theme developed in a qualitative report should reflect multiple perspectives of the participants in the study.
What do the participant meanings further suggest?
Multiple perspectives on a topic and diverse views.
Why should a theme developed in a qualitative report reflect multiple perspectives of the participants in the study?
This is because participant meanings further suggest multiple perspectives on a topic and diverse views.
What is considered by Maxwell as an essential characteristic of qualitative research?
Context-dependent.
