qualitative data collection

Question 1

what are the data collection strategies?

Answer 1

• Observation
• Participants observation
• In-depth interviews
• Document collection/analysis
• Focus groups

Question 2

is a series of interrelated activities aimed at gathering good information to answer emerging research questions

Answer 2

data collection

Question 3

an act of noting a phenomenon in the field setting through the five senses of the observer, often with an instrument & recording it for scientific purposes

Answer 3

observation

Question 4

researcher is fully engaged with people he/she is observing; conceals role

Answer 4

complete participant

Question 5

researcher is an outsider of the group under study, watching and taking notes from a distance; role of researcher is known

Answer 5

observer as participant

Question 6

researcher is participating in the activity at the site. The participant role is more salient than the researcher role.

Answer 6

participant as observer

Question 7

researcher observes without participating; researcher is neither seen nor noticed by the people under study

Answer 7

complete observer

Question 8

what are the types of interviews?

Answer 8

structured, unstructured, semi-structured

Question 9

no set format

Answer 9

unstructured

Question 10

framework of themes to be explored

Answer 10

semi structured

Question 11

list of predetermined questions

Answer 11

structured

Question 12

Keep a journal during the research study

Answer 12

documents

Question 13

Have a participant keep a journal or diary during the research study

Answer 13

documents

Question 14

Collect personal letters from the participants

Answer 14

documents

Question 15

Analyze public documents (e.g. official memos, minutes, records, archival material)
Examine autobiographies & biographies

Answer 15

documents

Question 16

Have participants take photographs or videotapes
Conduct chart audits
Review medical records

Answer 16

documents