week 11

Question 1

What are some key characteristics of qualitative research?

Answer 1

Key characteristics include focusing on natural environments, taking a holistic and complex view, using mainly inductive approaches, and the researcher acting as a key research tool.

Question 2

How does qualitative research differ from quantitative research according to the document?

Answer 2

Qualitative research considers many variables but draws on fewer cases, focusing on interpretation and working with non-measurable data in a flexible, adaptable, and evolving research design.

Question 3

What role does the researcher play in qualitative research?

Answer 3

The researcher acts like a detective, bricoleur, and communicator, committing to fieldwork, engaging in a lengthy data analysis process, and creatively writing.

Question 4

What methodologies are mentioned for conducting qualitative research?

Answer 4

A6: Mentioned methodologies include biography and life story, phenomenology, ethnography, case studies, and grounded theory.

Question 5

What is the significance of the research problem in qualitative studies?

Answer 5

The research problem forms the backbone of the study, stating the problem, justifying relevance, and outlining the objective of the study.

Question 6

Why is theoretical flexibility important in qualitative research?

Answer 6

Theoretical flexibility allows new insights and directions to emerge during the study, building theories based on collected data rather than testing pre-existing hypotheses.

Question 7

How is data typically collected in qualitative research?

Answer 7

Data is collected using semi-structured interviews, focus groups, participant observations, and analysis of texts and documents.

Question 8

What criteria are used to evaluate the quality of qualitative research?

Answer 8

Criteria include credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability, ensuring research accurately represents participant views and findings are applicable in other settings.

Question 9

why would u want to use qualitative research

Answer 9

to understand participants perspectives, to gain a closer more deatilaed perspective, to explore a poorly documented reasearch topic etc.

Question 10

describe research strategie: narrative/biographical

Answer 10

Describe and understand the complexity of the meaning given to the experience of a phenomenon in one
or more individuals.

Question 11

• describe phenomenological approaches in research strategy

Answer 11

: Develop a rich description of a culture or group in a “natural” environment

Question 12

• describe ethnographical approach

Answer 12

Develop a rich description of a culture or group in a “natural” environment

Question 13

describe case study approach

Answer 13

In-depth understanding of one or more “cases” in a real and contemporary situation. A “case” is an
individual, group, organization or partnership

Question 14

describe grounded theory

Answer 14

Develop a theory of a process or action that takes several steps and takes place over time

Question 15

define credibility

Answer 15

the representation of data
fits the views of the participants studied,
the findings hold true

Question 16

define transferability

Answer 16

research findings are
transferable to other specific settings

Question 17

define dependability

Answer 17

process of research is
logical, traceable and clearly documented,
particularly on the methods chosen and
the decisions made by the researchers

Question 18

define confirmability

Answer 18

findings are
qualitatively confirmable through the
analysis being grounded in the data,
through examination of the audit trail