Qualitative Research Design and Data Analysis

Question 1

What is dependability?

Answer 1

showing that the findings are consistent
and could be repeated

Question 2

What is confirmability?

Answer 2

a degree of neutrality or the extent to
which the findings of a study are shaped by the respondents and not researcher bias, motivation, or interest

Question 3

What is credibility?

Answer 3

confidence in the ‘truth’ of the findings

Question 4

What is transferability?

Answer 4

showing that the findings have applicability in other contexts

Question 5

What are the 3 different qualitative research approaches?

Answer 5

• Phenomenology
• Ethnography
• Grounded Theory

Question 6

What is the research purpose of phenomenology?

Answer 6

To describe one or more individuals experience of a phenomenon

Question 7

What is the research purpose of ethnography?

Answer 7

To describe the cultural characteristics of a group of people

Question 8

What is the research purpose of grounded theory?

Answer 8

To inductively generate a grounded theory describing and explaining a
phenomenon

Question 9

What are the strengths of interviewing?

Answer 9

Extensive personalisation / interaction
Extensive opportunities to ask Qs
Possible to ‘probe’
Good ‘rate of return’
Flexible

Question 10

What are the limitations of interviewing?

Answer 10

 Labour intensive (& costly)
 Not extensive
 Subjectivities in interpretation & analysis [?]
 Limited reliability
 Memory decay [?]

Question 11

What is data reduction?

Answer 11

Coding, discarding irrelevant
data – on going process throughout the research