Qualitative Research Flashcards
Qualitative Research
variety of powerful approaches (goes in depth of specific topic), contribute very important knowledge, many apporaches and designs, description, categorization/organization, provides a different perspective
AIM- exploring, gaining insight into a topic, in-depth analysis of topic, mostly inductive reasoning (specific to general)
LOOKS LIKE- in-depth interviews, focus groups, reviews, text and image based, no statistical tests,
ethnography
designed to explore culture of people, organizations, methods of obtaining data, participant observation: outsider or insider
Triangulation
general for qualitative research to increase reliability of a study, collaborate validity and reliability of methods, comparing and contrasting data collected (diff times, methods, and locations)
Phenomenology
understand how the world appears to others, individuals experiences, perspectives, and interpretations of the world (how does one view an AAC device)
Field Research
Broad Research, focuses on observation of phenomena in their natural state or context, (observe from 0-5 years and see how language develops, or feedin development from 1-3 and how develops)
Grounded Theory
Develop theories about phenomenon of interest grounded in observation, tentative models about a specific process
Qualitative Methods
Case study, discourse analysis method, direct observation, participant observation, kinesic Analysis Method, and interview method.
Case Study Method
intense observation of a person, object, event; intrinsic case study (info on specific person or place), instrumental case study (develop or generate a trheory or modify an existing theory), collective case studies (combine several cases to better understand a phenomenon)
Advantages of Case Study
flexibility and opportunity to focus on a specific topic, participant, etc. rare occurences, developing clinical insights, challenge accepted norms in practice
Disadvantages of Case Study
subject selection (don’t have many choices), experimenter bias, generalization or results? (observing 1 person and can’t say will always happen, frame results in good language)
Discourse Analysis Method
number of approaches to analyzing written, spoken, and sign language use, cross-disciplinary roots, advances in technology and software, (break down what’s written and analyze it)
Direct Observation
detailed systematic observations about people, location, events, detached observation (researcher not present in location), minimizes bias
Participant Observation
researcher becomes a participant in the culture and context, more challening (hard to collect data at the same time, can be hard to develop trust with client), more time and resources than direct observation,
Interview Model
widely used for collection data, open ended questions, +/- formal structure, questions are generated by the answers from the participants, online face to face interaction, structured interviews (set questions, formal standardized manner, minimize extraneous factors that interfere w/data analysis, narrowly defined set of questions), unstructured interviews (sensitive, emotions, or personal issues, braod topics, resembles a conversation), semi-structured interviews (organized by topic, more general open-ended questions, flexible and adaptive manner, interviewer may add, delete questions as needed, alter wording and language level as needed)
Focus Group Interviews
relatively small homogenous groupd of participants, opinions are obtained regarding a specific topic, extends for a couple of hours to a few days, can be online, usually 6-10 people ( no>12)
