Qualitative Flashcards
Qualitative Research
describing, interpreting, generating theories about social interactions and individual experiences as they occur in natural, rather than experimental situations
Phenomenology
Description of lived experience of phenomena
Phenomenology analytic methods
identify descriptions of the phenomenon of interest
categorize clusters that describe the commonality and structure of the experience
Phenomenology audience
clinicians
practitioners
others who seek to understand the phenomenon of interest from the lived experience
Phenomenology product
thematic description of the core and structure of the lived experiences
Phenomenology Example
How do you experience living with your current prosthesis compared to your earlier prostheses suspended with sockets?
Discourse Analysis
understand how people use language to shape identities, activities, and relationships
Discourse Analysis, Analytic Methods
examination of the words
interest in how stores are told
interest in the creation of the identities, activities, relationships, and shared meaning in question
Discourse Analysis Audience
policy makers, interventionists interested in understanding the discourse to craft effective messages
Discourse Analysis Product
description of language usage; identification of the processes and discourses as it relates to above information
Discourse Analysis Example
“The aim of this study was to investigate how individuals with CCD after TBI (a) used humor, by means of a thematic analysis, to categorize this humor and (b) linguistically constructed humorous exchanges during a naturalistic peer group interaction”
Grounded Therapy
develop an explanatory theory of basic social processess
Grounded Therapy Analytic Methods
examine concepts across properties and dimensions
develop explanatory framework integrating concepts into a core category
Grounded Therapy Audience
researchers, practitioners, others interested in explanatory models, often for purpose of designing interventions and experimental practices
Grounded Therapy Product
Theory