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
Grounded Therapy Example
The purpose of this study was to explain critical factors associated with the decision- making process to enroll/not enroll in a home-based PA research study among people who use wheelchairs
Reflexivity
examination and sensitivity to researcher’s role, prior assumptions, prior experiences
Bracketing
researchers set aside but do not abandon their a priori knowledge and assumptions, with the analytic goal of attention to the participants accounts with an open mind
Methodology: Personal
Reflexivity
Bracketing
Data Saturation
the point in a research process where enough data has been collected to draw necessary conclusions, and any further data collection will not produce value-added insights
Iterative process
an approach to continuously improving a concept, design, or product
Triangulation of sources/method
the use of multiple methods or data sources in qualitative research to develop a comprehensive understanding of phenomena
Grand Tour Questions
a statement of the question being examined in the study in its most general form. Can be leading
This question , consistent with the emerging methodology of qualitative designs, is posed as a general issue so as not to limit the inquiry.
Qualitative PICO
Population or Problem
Interest; relates to event, activity, experience of interest
Context
