Qualitative Research Flashcards
1
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What is SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIONISM?
A
An epistemological perspective that is concerned with the way people might construct their own reality.
2
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What is POSITIVISM?
A
An epistemological perspective that assumes there are fundamental truths and that we live in a knowable world
3
Q
What are the two types of qualitative research usually concerned with? Give examples of the type of methods for each
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- MEANING for participants - phenomenology, ethnography, grounded theory.
- Use of LANGUAGE- discourse analysis
4
Q
What is the difference between hypothetico-deductive approaches and inductive approaches?
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5
Q
List and describe the 4 types of qualitative data ANALYSIS
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Thematic Analysis
Fouculdian Discourse Analysis
Grounded Theory
Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis
