Qualitative Flashcards
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Search Strategies
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- Population
- Situation
2
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Clues
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- Discover
- Explore
- Describe
3
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Inductive Reasoning
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- Theory developing
- Start with experience details, move to general picture
4
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Emic Perspective
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Insider
5
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When to Use
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- Inadequate previous understanding
- Make sense of complex/changing phenomena
- Learn about meaning, experience
- Discover theory in data
6
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Phenomenological
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Related to lived experience
7
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Phenomenological Data Gathering
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Written or oral in-depth interview
8
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Phenomenological Data Analysis
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Synthesis of participant description, themes, patterns
9
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Grounded Theory
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Construct theory related to social process from human interaction perspective
10
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Grounded Theory Data Gathering
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- In-depth interviews
- Participant observation
11
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Grounded Theory Data Analysis
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- Simultaneously with data collection
- Uses comparative method
- Uncover key concepts & constructs
- Identify links
12
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Ethnographic
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Description & interpretation of cultural or social groups & systems
13
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Ethnographic Data Gathering
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- Participant observation
- Immersion in the setting
- Informant interviews
- Researcher interpretation of cultural patterns
14
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Ethnographic Data Analysis
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- Data collected & analyzed simultaneously
- Examine meaning of cultural values, beliefs, symbols, norms
- Examine language, semantics
15
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Participatory Action
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Exploration of, reflection on & action on social & health problems