QUALITATIVE STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS 16/3/17

Question 1

What is a positivist paradigm?

Answer 1

draws on language and understanding of knowledge as objective reality

Question 2

What does a positivist medical research entail?

Answer 2

• assumes objectivity and avoid their own presence or attitude that may affect the results
• the researcher critically examine their methods and conclusions for possible bias

Question 3

What do qualitative approaches do?

Answer 3

they challenge assumptions

concerned with why? and how?

Question 4

What is COREQ?

Answer 4

criteria for reporting qualitative research

Question 5

What is theory?

Answer 5

• ideas how the world works and generalisations
• approaches to understanding social reality
• help to generate, organise and interpret new data
• can have moral and political dimensions
• maybe informal and implicit

Question 6

What is induction?

Answer 6

generates universal statement from individual cases

Question 7

What is deduction?

Answer 7

use theories to explain individual cases

Question 8

What is purposive sampling and recruitment?

Answer 8

selecting participants who have the potential to provide rich, relevant and diverse data relevant to the research question

Question 9

What is maximum variability?

Answer 9

wide range of experiences, no preconceptions - exploratory studies

Question 10

What are deviant cases?

Answer 10

incorporate into findings/theory divelopment to increase explanatory power

Question 11

What is convenience? (3)

Answer 11

• pragmatic approach
• may fail to capture important perspectives especially from socially excluded people
• robust attempts to be inclusive reduce likelihood of making unsupported statements

Question 12

What is theoretical?

Answer 12

cases allow emerging theory to be explored/refined

Question 13

What are field notes?

Answer 13

contextual details and non-verbal expressions for data analysis and interpretation