Qualitative research

Question 1

Qualitative research

Answer 1

Focused on participant and their subjective experience. Aims to understand perspective and phenomena in their historical and socio cultural context.

Question 2

Ideographic approach

Answer 2

Study of what is relevant to the subject, stays limited to phenomenon under the study

Question 3

Nomothetic approach

Answer 3

Study is run in search of universal principles (quantitative)

Question 4

Bracketing

Answer 4

Required for quali research to look at the phenomenon with open mind and free oneself from preconceptions

Question 5

Grounded theory

Answer 5

Method based on semi-structured interviews that tries to understand whats going on in a situation, trying to find theoretical insight (Transcription - thematic data analysis - coding)

Question 6

Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA)

Answer 6

Trying to understand how a phenomenon is experienced by the subject. (semi) structured interviews. Centred on how participants make sense of their world. (acknowledges input from researcher)

Question 7

Discourse analysis

Answer 7

Aims to determine how social relations between people are determined by the language they use.

Question 8

Strengths

Answer 8

Understanding situations and solving problems

Generation of new ideas

More attention to participants needs

Question 9

Weakness

Answer 9

Based on induction and verification

No external criterion to decide between theories

Based on introspection

Bias in input from the researcher.