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Week 9A: Qualitative Research (purposive sampling (theoretical sampling…
Week 9A: Qualitative Research
verstehen
putting yourself in the shoes of others to see things from their perspective and understand them better
seeing through the eyes of those studied
description and emphasis on context
social setting (detailed account)
thick descriptions of what is going on
emphasis on social process
how patterns of events unfold over time
change and flux in social worlds
flexibility and limited structure
concepts and theory grounded in the data
methods
interviews
unstructured
conversational style; no predetermined questions
semi-structured interview (most common)
flexible question order and pharisaic; specific topics to cover (interview guide)
fully structured interview
predetermined questions (and answers)
focus groups
diff info and wide range of views
ethnography
• Conduct research in participants’ own settings
• Engage directly with participants in their setting
• Focus on local, individual, subjective knowledge
• Record participants’ own language, concepts and logic
• Report results as detailed description
Sensitizing concepts
give you general sense of reference and guidance
allow discovery of varied forms of ideas
capable of being gradually narrowed down
purposive sampling
individuals/cases selected based on relevance to RQ
based on specific criteria
generic purposive
people selected based on criteria (based on RQ) then sample is taken
snowball purposive
small group of people selected, then propose others with similar characteristics or experience
theoretical sampling
deciding where to look after data has been collected/analyzed; develop ground theory
theoretical saturation
impersonal to say when the theoretical saturation point will be reached
mixed method approach
• Qualitative and quantitative research have different pros and cons, can complement each other
• Results of one method/ research strategy can be cross-checked against the results of another
• Qualitative interviews conducted to ‘check and correct’ the quantitative data
• The results of qualitative research can be used to inform the formulation of survey questions