Weeks 1-4 Quizz Flashcards
Qualitative research
Non-numerical, individual stories (subjective) (don’t compare/generalise to others),
Epistemology
theory of knowledge, justified belief and opinion. Overarching view of world. Social Constructivism
Theoretical framework
philosophical stance or belief system, x
- symbolic interactionism
- hermeneutics
- phenomenology
How we know what we know
how collect/analyse data
Social Constructivism (Epistemology)
Cognitive functions the results of social interactions.
reality formed through interaction of individual with society to create meaning.
No two people experience in same way.
Methodological rigour
sourcing the right participants, methodology applied
Evaluative rigour
ethical
Reflexivity
relating to subjectivity, biases of researches.
Acknowledge/account for biases.
Phenomenology
study of the world as we experience it
lived meaning, how we interpret experiences
Symbolic Interactionism
how people ascribe meaning
meaning of social situations will be different for everyone (movies)
Descriptive vs interpretive phenomenology
describing a phenomenon (what is the experience of refugees in healthcare) vs how people interpret their experiences (how being a refugee affects experience of healthcare)
Phenomenological/Grounded theory methods collecting data
Interviews focus ground
thematic analysis
finding patterns in responses, no one interpretation is correct (‘coding’ common words)
Grounded Theory
The theory is developed/emerges through the data collected (bottom up, not top down)
Social analysis - study peoples interactions, build theories about this, develop theory about human behaviour
Open Coding
Axial coding
Selective Coding
Open = open to data to show the way/what’s happening
axial = imposing structure,
Selective = relationship/links between codes
