WEEK21 - FOCUS GROUPS AND INTERVIEWS

Question 1

ontology
objectivism
constructivism

Answer 1

1-what is there to know
2-world exists independently of researchers
3-researchers have a role in creating the world and human knowledge

Question 2

epistemology
positivism
interpretivism

Answer 2

1-how doo we know what we know
2-truth is out there to be discovered
3- truth is created through social interactions

Question 3

why interviews/focus groups

Answer 3

to find out specific facts or information -positivist
interpretivist - to see how the interview / subjects explains things in their own terms and how they see the world
good for - first hand info , THEORY BUILDING

Question 4

why NOT interviews / focus groups

Answer 4

-LARGE N RESEARC, not good for reliability ,accessing hard to reach groups , theory testing

Question 5

what kind of research qs use interviews/focus groups

Answer 5

EMPIRICAL puzzle , questions about meaning , links between micro and macro level

Question 6

what questions can it not answer?

Answer 6

causal questions , questions that require large data set , qs about past , theory testing qs

Question 7

types of interviews

Answer 7

highly structured , semi structured , unstructured

Question 8

Data analysis

Answer 8

1-data reduction - process collected data
2- data display - as you gather info produce notes
3-drawing conclusions - matrices or networks to help develop conclusions