Qualitative Methods and Credibility 5.3

Question 1

Qualitative Research properties

Answer 1

• Collect descriptions of phenomena
• Data is typically presented in narrative format and analyzed for themes
• Includes many types of observational research and interviews

Question 2

What is qualitative research good for when to use it?

Answer 2

• Exploration and theory development
• Situated analyses/ deeper contextual understanding
• Holistic analysis of complex and dynamic phenomena
• Analysis of subjective meaning

Question 3

Thick descriptions

Answer 3

Descriptive interpretation of complex cultural situations to help understand the meaning of a situation.

• Interpreting the behaviors in their context, social rltshp + environment
• explores the underlying meaning
• Potential for fabrication and biased interpretation (variables not predetermined)

Question 4

Discourse Analysis

Answer 4

The study of how language is used to perform an action in real-life situations

• Analyze talking interactions/transcripts
• Theoretical principle: Action orientation, situated, construction

Question 5

(How to) Analyzing discourse

Answer 5

1) Obtain your materials
2) Generate hypotheses
3) Coding/ data reduction
4) Analyze the data
5) Seek validation and second opinions/ analyst triangulation

Question 6

Narrative analysis

Answer 6

Use people’s narratives, stories, autobiographies, etc. to understand how they create meaning and interpret their lives.
Method:
- Develop research q.
- Collect narrative data (prone to bias)
- Organize it
- Analyze it

Question 7

Evaluating qualitative research

Answer 7

Credibility: comprehensive, trustworthy, sensible interpretation
Transferability: generalizable, relevant to other contexts
Dependability: methodologically coherent, consistency
Confirmability: corroboration by others

Question 8

Member Checking

Answer 8

• Share the data, interpretations, and conclusion with the ppts
• improves credibility

Question 9

Methods Triangulation

Answer 9

Using different methods of data collection to check for consistency, can also combine qualitative and quantitative methods.

Question 10

Triangulation of sources

Answer 10

Using the same method but with different data sources

Question 11

Methods for establishing trustworthiness in qualitative research

Answer 11

• Member checking
• Thick descriptions
• Triangulation (method, sources, analyst, theoretical)

Question 12

Methods for establishing trustworthiness in qualitative research

Answer 12

• Member checking
• Thick descriptions
• Triangulation (method, sources, analyst, theoretical)

Question 13

Analyst Triangulation

Answer 13

Have one or more additional researchers (analysts) review the findings

• the goal is to consider multiple pov’s to see data
• helps illuminate biases and blind spots
• corroboration

Question 14

Theoretical Triangulation

Answer 14

Analyze the data from multiple theoretical perspectives.

Question 15

Triangulation purpose

Answer 15

• Confirmation purposes
  1) Validate the result of the research
  2) Reduce or eliminate bias
• Completeness purposes
• Get a richer data set
• Particularly useful when investigating something that is not well explored