Qualitative Research Flashcards
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Qualitative Research
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Seeks to describe the complex nature of humans and how individuals perceive they own experiences within a specific social context
- looks at how and why people do/think like they do
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Qualitative Research advantages
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- good for complex questions
- easier to design and fund
- nearly always get useful information
- not as dependent on a sample sizes
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Qualitative Research disadvantages
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- lack of generalizability – specific to setting, participants
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How does sampling work in qualitative research
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- subject selection is purposive
- participants selected who can be inform research questions
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Sample size – general information
(qualitative research)
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- generally not predetermined
- number of participants depends on number needed to fully inform all important elements of phenomenon being studied
- sufficient sample size when data saturation occurs
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what is data saturation
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- sample size becomes sufficient
- when additional interviews or focus groups do not result in identification of new concepts
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How is data collected in qualitative research
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- interviews
- focus groups
- written narrative
- written responses to open-ended questions
- observations by researcher
- review of documents (official/unofficial)
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how is data interpreted Analysis
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- Deconstruction
- Interpretation
- Reconstruction
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What is deconstruction in data interpretive Analysis
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- break down data into categories
- codes that describe the content
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What is interpretation in data interpretive analysis
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- making sense of coded data
- compare codes across transcripts and across variables that are important to study
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What is Reconstruction in data interpretive analysis
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- describe codes/themes to show relationships and insights
