Qualitative Research

Question 1

What does qualitative research focus on?

Answer 1

‘Social worlds’, everyday life of people

Question 2

Define constructivism

Answer 2

The idea that we construct our social worlds. Reality is constructed through human activity, we invent properties of the world

Question 3

Define interpretation

Answer 3

We interpret life’s events & all do so differently

Question 4

What is ethnography?

Answer 4

Study of culture, origins in anthropology

Question 5

What is phenomenology?

Answer 5

Study of phenomena, studies lived experience of individuals

Question 6

What is grounded theory?

Answer 6

A specific set of methods designed to generate a theory. ‘Which actions lead to which outcomes in which circumstances’

Question 7

A methodological approach that studies the lived experience of individuals is

Answer 7

Phenomenology

Question 8

What is snowball sampling?

Answer 8

When participants of a study contact others with similar experiences

Question 9

What is purposive sampling?

Answer 9

Selecting those who will be most informative

Question 10

What is homogenous sampling?

Answer 10

Focusing on particular group to understand them well

Question 11

What is theoretical sampling?

Answer 11

Used in grounded theory, used to find participants to help build the theory

Question 12

What is data saturation?

Answer 12

It guides sample size, size is not pre-determined so sampling stops when enough data has been collected to explain the issue.

Question 13

True or False: Qualitative samples need to represent the population from which they came

Answer 13

False

Question 14

What is the strongest form of sampling?

Answer 14

Purposive

Question 15

Name the data collection methods used in qualitative research

Answer 15

Observation and interview

Question 16

What is the optimal size for a focus group?

Answer 16

8-10

Question 17

How is grounded theory used in qualitative data analysis?

Answer 17

Constant comparative analysis to develop hypotheses. Can be tested at subsequent interviews.

Question 18

How is quantification used in qualitative data analysis?

Answer 18

Counting the number of times something s said . Count the contributions by each participant.

Question 19

What does thematic content analysis involve?

Answer 19

Going through transcripts searching for common themes.

Question 20

What are themes referred to in thematic content analysis?

Answer 20

Commonalities

Question 21

What is framework analysis

Answer 21

Taking a framework to the data and sorting data into categories

Question 22

How is qualitative data usually presented?

Answer 22

In a paper, presenting a logical journey through the data under a number of themes

Question 23

What is never the aim of qualitative data analysis?

Answer 23

To attribute cause