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Week 3 Qualitative Research Flashcards

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What is qualitative research?

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Approach that seeks to elucidate an in-depth understanding or exploration of interest, relying on narratives (non-numerical data) to explain processes

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Purpose of Qualitative research

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  1. Develop in-depth understanding or connections between concepts
  2. Explore unique experiences
  3. Understand how a particular intervention has influenced an individual
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Types of Qualitative designs

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  1. Descriptive
  2. Phenomenology
  3. Ethnography
  4. Grounded theory
  5. Participatory action research
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Descriptive

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To describe, explore, understand, summarise a phenomenon of interest

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Adv + Disadv of Descriptive

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Flexible, simple & be applied in many contexts

Lack scientific rigour

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Phenomenology

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Understand phenomenon by describing & interpreting participants’ lived experiences

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Ethnography

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Immerse themselves in target groups to study/understand culture

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Grounded theory

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Understand social processes to develop a theory by using interviews and collecting rich data

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Participatory action research

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Both researchers and participants conduct research together to drive social change

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What kind of sampling strategy does Quali use?

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Non-probability - to gain in depth understanding with purposeful selection

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What are the types of non probability sampling strats?

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  1. Convenience
  2. Purposive
  3. Snowball
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Convenience sampling + Adv + Drawbacks

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Select participants based on convenience

Readily available, easy to collect, cost effective

Sampling bias

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Purposive sampling + Adv + Drawbacks

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Selecting based on criteria set beforehand

Meaningful contribution, in-depth understanding

Difficult to find participants

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Snowball sampling + Adv + Drawbacks

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Recruited participants to recc others

Meaningful contribution

Difficult & slow recruitment

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What is sample size based on?

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Data saturation when no new information emerges

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What is sample size of Quali?

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Looking at depth of data and has a relatively small sample size

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Examples of data collection methods

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In depth interviews
Observations + field notes
Surveys with open ended questions
Secondary data

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Types of interviews + Adv + Disadv

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Individual vs focus group
Semi structured vs unstructured

Able to clarify ideas, identify non verbal cues

Time consuming, manpower, scheduling

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What is the aim of in depth interview techniques?

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Evoke thick & rich response to obtain in depth information & to build rapport

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What are the general steps for data analysis?

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  1. Preparation - clean data, transcription
  2. Immerse/familiarise
  3. Code: Label patterns
  4. Allow themes & subthemes to emerge
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What are the 2 basic data analysis methods?

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  1. Thematic
  2. Content/framework
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What is the purpose of thematic analysis?

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To identify and interpret meaning

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Thematic analysis + Adv + Disadv

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Bottom up approach, Inductive coding that is data driven, latent data with underlying meaning

Generate new insights

Reliance on researcher - biasness

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What are the 6 steps of thematic analysis?

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  1. Familiarise data
  2. Generate initial code
  3. Searching for themes
  4. Reviewing themes
  5. Defining & naming themes
  6. Producing report
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What is the purpose of framework analysis?

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To identify & describe common ideas, a guided approach to draw out specific information

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Framework analysis + Adv + Disadv

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Top down approach, deductive analysis, theory to guide analysis

Easier to adopt

Ignore emerging insights of relevance

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What is trustworthiness in Quali?

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A set of strategies used to establish trust or confidence

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What are the strategies used to ensure rigour?

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  1. Credibility
  2. Transferability
  3. Dependability
  4. Confirmability
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What is credibility?

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Confidence in the truth of findings by ensuring accurate description/interpretation of human experience

30
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What is transferability?

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Extent to which reader can transfer the findings to similar context

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What is dependability?

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Stability of the findings across time to ensure research can be audited to be dated back

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What is confirmability?

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Stability of findings across context & population

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