Week 7

Question 1

A Qualative sample?

Answer 1

Do not need to represent the population they came

Question 2

The strongest sampling technique in Qualative Research is?

Answer 2

Purposive

Question 3

The sample size in qualative research is best determind by?

Answer 3

data saturation

Question 4

The weakest form of samplng for qualative research is?

Answer 4

convenience

Question 5

What is a sample?

Answer 5

aims to be representative section of wider population, so you are able to generalise

Question 6

What are the subjects called in Qualative research?

Answer 6

participant

Question 7

What are the 5 questions to ask in Qual research?

Answer 7

1) which setting gives richest data?
2) who will be able to give me most info?
3) who should i talk to & observe?
4) who can confirm understanding?
5) modify?

Question 8

what are practalites effecting sample?

Answer 8

cost
accessability
ethical issues

Question 9

How big is a sample in a ethnography study?

Answer 9

30-40

Question 10

How big is a sample in a Grounded theory study?

Answer 10

30-40

Question 11

How big is a sample in a phenomenology study?

Answer 11

less then 10

Question 12

What is a snowball sample?

Answer 12

ask participants for other participants with similar experiences

Question 13

What is purposive sample?

Answer 13

selecting people who will be informative

Question 14

What is an example of ‘purposive’ sampling?

Answer 14

maximum variation sampling

Question 15

What is the opposite of ‘purposive’ sampling?

Answer 15

homogenous sampling

Question 16

What is homogenous sampling?

Answer 16

wan to focus on particular group & understand them well

Question 17

What type of sampling is used in ‘grounded theory’?

Answer 17

theoretical

Question 18

What is theroretical sampling?

Answer 18

used to find participants who will help build the theory

Question 19

What type of study is theoretical sampling used?

Answer 19

grounded theory

Question 20

How do researches decide on sample size for qual research?

Answer 20

data saturation guides sample size

sapling stops when enough data has been collected to explain or describe and issue

Question 21

Is sample size pre-determind in Qual research?

Answer 21

No

Question 22

Is it possible to generalise Qual research?

Answer 22

Researches argue if a phenonmenon or culture has been described in sufficient detail, it CANNOT be generalised but Transfered to other settings