Qualitative Methodology

Question 1

qualitative research provides ______

Answer 1

contextual explanation

Question 2

the knowledge that is created/contributed by a qualitative study is the _______behind the action

Answer 2

meaning

Question 3

A good qualitative research is assessed in terms of ______- the meaning makes sense to the researched community.

Answer 3

plausibility

Question 4

Marton and Svensson (1979) differentiated between two different research perspectives

Answer 4

1. the first-order perspective is represented by experimental type investigations, psychometrics and traditional evaluation measuring the achievement of objectives in observational and ‘from the outside’.
2. the second-order perspective is phenomenological and describes learning from the learner’s perspective, ‘from the inside’.

Question 5

A __________ concentrates on how individuals conceptualise ideas - a qualitative description of the content and quality of leaning.

Answer 5

second-order research perspective

Question 6

The discrepancy which can develop in course team discussions about how students learn and students’ own realities parallels the distinction made by Argyris and Schon (1974: 3-34) between _________

Answer 6

theories-in-use and espoused theories

Question 7

As research and evaluation in distance education develops, a paradigm for research broadly within the ________ provides a sound framework for the future.

Answer 7

qualitative-phenomenological perspective

Question 8

qualitative research tradition which looks at meaning in terms of culture– people’s everyday life.

Answer 8

Ethnography

Question 9

qualitative research tradition which looks at meaning in terms of practice (“methods” people use to accomplish life)

Answer 9

Ethnomethodology

Question 10

qualitative research tradition which looks at meaning in terms of interaction with significant others

Answer 10

Symbolic interactionism

Question 11

qualitative research tradition which looks at meaning in terms of lived experience

Answer 11

Phenomenology

Question 12

qualitative research tradition which looks at meaning in terms of researcher’s own culture, the researcher’s everyday life

Answer 12

autoethnography

Question 13

In contrast with quantitative research that aspires for objectivity, qualitative research celebrates ________as its interest is in the subjective dimension of reality

Answer 13

subjectivity

Question 14

Subjectivity refers to ________, while bias refers to a particular preference

Answer 14

personal experience

Question 15

Qualitative methodology follows the ________, that is, knowledge is represented through narrative
– of what human experience means to the participants
– rather than through numbers.

Answer 15

narrative logic

Question 16

qualitative research is not interested in the number but in the ______ of meaning,

Answer 16

depth

Question 17

The five procedures commonly used in Ethnography

Answer 17

1. participant observation,
2. in-depth interviewing,
3. life history,
4. documentary analysis, and
5. investigator’s diaries

Question 18

A _______ is an extensive description and analysis of some social unit in its context.

Answer 18

case study

Question 19

_________represents the activity of pulling existentialia out of forgetfulness, through discourse (Buckley, 2018; Heidegger, 1927a)

Answer 19

Phenomenology

Question 20

_________, Erlebnis, fuses these two meanings; the immediacy of experiencing provides the raw material to be shaped through interpretation, reinterpretation, and communication into its lasting form, the experienced (Gadamer, 2004), what Weick (1995) calls the sensemaking process in organizational studies.

Answer 20

Lived experience

Question 21

A _______ is not seen as a limitation in phenomenological studies, since the primary objective is not generalizability, but to illuminate the lived experience and context in as much depth as possible.

Answer 21

small sample size

Question 22

this data collection method may be insufficient to uncover phenomenon in a Heideggerian sense since interviews pose the risk of representing the voice of the das Man. The use of multiple data collection methods, known as method _________, is therefore particularly warranted

Answer 22

triangulation

Question 23

_________elicit a participant’s narrative, which allows the storyteller to remember a past event and recount it in light of what is meaningful for them (Benner, 1994a)—with the meaning being an essential component of lived experience.

Answer 23

Individual interviews

Question 24

________provides valuable information into the social interactions of teams, the context of the study, and the processes at play and situates the collected information within the bigger picture (Mulhall, 2003)

Answer 24

Unstructured observation