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Qualitative Research - Coggle Diagram
Qualitative Research
Approaches
Ethology
Ethnomethodology
Ethnography
accurate reflection
build local cultural theories
Face to face interaction
uses multiple data sources
Natural setting
Grounded theory
Observation & interviews
Aims to generate a theory
Constant comparison method
Case study
Phenomenology
Symbolic interaction
Action research
Done by practitioners
Less formal
Systematic inquiry
Historical research
6 general steps
Selecting participants
Collecting data
Review of research
Analysing data
Identify research topics
Reporting, evaluating, and interpreting research
Steps
Step 2: Reviewing the literature
Step 3: Selecting research participants
Step 1: Selecting a research topic
Topics tend to be generally stated
Strategies to narrow the scale
Step 4: Data collection
Observation
Field notes
Memo writing
External or nonparticipant observer
Recording observations
Participant observer
Assessing observer reliability
Interview
Types
Structured
Unstructured
Semistructured
Single participant
Focus group
Collecting data
Writing notes after the interview
Audio or videotapping
Taking notes during the interview
Guidelines
Don't interrupt
Don't be judgemental
Listen more, talk less
Threats to the Quality
Observer effect
Observer bias
Enhancing validity and reducing bias
Question answered by the researcher
Strategies
Work with another researcher
Obtain participant trust
Extend the study
Corroborate data by using triangulation
Step 5: Analyzing the data
Steps
Data managing
iterative steps (cyclical process)
Reading/memoing
Classifying
Describing the context & participants
Interpreting
Step 6: Writing the report
The nature of qualitative research
Capture the human meanings of social life as it is lived, experienced and understood by the research participants
Understanding of a social setting or activity as viewd from the perspective of the research participants
Exploration
Researcher - main instrument
Perspectives of research participants toward events