Research Methods Chapter 9 Flashcards
Data originally used for research purposes and then stored
Archived Research Data
What people say and do only with their closest friends
Backstage Behavior
The researcher observes as an outsider and does not tell people they are being observed
Complete Observer
The researcher becomes a member of the group being studied and does not tell members they are being studied
Complete Participant
Objects or things that are constructed by research participants during a research study
Constructed Data
Observing during and directly after a specific event has occurred
Event Sampling
Notes taken by an observer
Field Notes
A moderator leads a discussion with a small group of people
Focus Group
What people want or allow us to see
Frontstage Behavior
Advises researchers to thoughtfully and strategically mix or combine qualitative and quantitative research methods, approaches, procedures, concepts, and other paradigm characteristics in a way that produces an overall design with multiple (divergent and convergent) and complementary (broadly viewed) strengths and nonoverlapping weaknesses
Fundamental Principle of Mixed Research
The person leading the focus group discussion
Group Moderator
An interview conducted faceto-face
In-Person Interview
A spontaneous, loosely structured interview
Informal Conversational Interview
Use of more than one method of data collection in a research study
Intermethod Mixing
A data-collection method in which an interviewer asks an interviewee questions
Interview
Specific topics and/or openended questions are asked in any order
Interview Guide Approach
A data-collection instrument used in an interview
Interview Protocol