Week Ten Flashcards
What is qualitative data analysis
Techniques used to search and code textual, visual or narrative content and to explore relationships among the resulting categories
No set formula
What were the paradigm wars
Intense debate from the 1970s to the 1990s between social scientists over the value of positivist and interpretive/constructivist research philosophies
What are the types of mixed methods designs
Convergent parallel design
Quantitative and qualitative methods are implemented at the same time
Findings are integrated and interpreted together
Exploratory sequential design
The qualitative method is implemented first followed by the quantitative method
Embedded design
The primary method of qualitative or quantitative but the researcher adds the other component to gain additional insight
Can be either concurrent or sequential
Transformative design
Uses a theoretical perspective with a social justice focus such as feminist research
Multiphase design
Involved a series of quantitative and qualitative designs
Each design and the findings inform the next phase
What is the notational system
A notational system exists for distinguishing different ways of mixing quantitative and qualitative methods
- distinguishes the priority given to one method over the other and the sequence in which they are used
Examples:
QUAL + QUANTITATIVE: equal importance of the two approaches and their concurrent use
Qual(quantitative): sequenced use, with qualitative methods given priority
QUAN (qual): qualitative methods embedded within a primarily quantitative project
What is meta analysis
A quantitative method for identifying patterns in findings across multiple studies
Previous studies are treated as cases whose featured are measured as variables and then analysed statistically
Shows how evidence about interventions varies across research studies
Enhances generalisability
Used when a number of studies have attempted to answer the same research question with similar quantitative methods
What is the process of meta-analysis
A research problem is formulated about prior research
The literature is searched systemically to identify the entire population of relevant studies: multiple bibliographic databases are typically used
Some researchers also search for related dissertations and conference papers
Eligibility criteria must be specified to determine which studies to include
What does eligibility include
Distinguishing features: specific intervention tested and the groups compared
Research respondents: population to which generalisation is sought
Key variables: must be sufficient to allow tests of the hypotheses of concern and controls for likely additional influences
Research methods: trade-off must be made between including the range of studies about a research question and excluding those that are so different in their methods as not to yield comparable data
Cultural and linguistic range: if the study population is going to be limited it should be acknowledged
Time frame: temporal boundaries around the study population must be considered
Publication type: need to specify if the analysis will include published reports, dissertations and/or unpublished reports
What is analytic comparative research
Research that seeks to understand how national systems work and the factors related to their operations
What is big data
A very large database, accessible in computer-readable form, that is used to reveal patterns, trends, and associations between variables with new computer technology
What is comparative research
Research comparing data from more than one time period and/or more than one nation
What is content analysis
A research method for systematically analysing and making inferences from text.
What is crime mapping?
Geographical mapping strategies used to visualise a number of things, including location, distance and patterns of crime and their correlates
What is descriptive comparative research
Research that seeks to understand the structure, nature of scope of a nations or nations criminal justice systems or rates of crimes
What is deterministic causal approach
An approach in which there is a relationship between an independent and a dependent variable; the independent variable has an effect on the dependent variable in every case under consideration
What are Ngrams
Frequency graphs produced by googles database, of all words printed in more than one third of the worlds books over time
