Practical Research Week 9

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DESIGN STRENGTH
1. Case study Case study provides a deeper
and more detailed as well as a
more individually relevant
understanding of a complex
research problem.
2.Etnography Ethnographies are well suited to
study unpredictable situations
and relationships that are too
complex or difficult for
quantitative methods, such as
surveys and statistical analysis
of numerical data. The idea is
more to observe than interact.
3.Ground Theory Grounded theory can identify
the situated nature of
knowledge, as well as the
contingent nature of practice.
Grounded theory produces a
'thick description that
acknowledges areas of conflict
and contradiction.
Grounded theory is better at
determining what actually
happens.
4.Narrative Inquiry The narrative approach allows
for a rich description of these
experiences and an exploration
of the meanings that the
participants derive from their
experiences. Narrative inquiry
amplifies voices that may have
otherwise remained silent
5.Phenomenology Phenomenology is a powerful
way to understand subjective
experience and to gain insights
around people's actions and
motivations, cutting through
long-held assumptions and
challenging conventional
wisdom.
WEAKNESS
Case studies can be very time
consuming. The data collection
process can be so intensive and
long, and this is something new
researchers are not familiar
with. It takes a long period of
time to develop a case study,
and develop a detailed analysis.
Ethnographic research has
several disadvantages to
consider as well. Ethnography is
time consuming and requires a
well-trained researcher. It takes
time to build trust with
informants in order to facilitate
full and honest discourse.
The weakness of ground theory
research is that the
presentation of research
findings in grounded theory is
not straightforward.
One of the weaknesses of
studying narratives is that the
text is by its own nature
linguistically subjective. i.e.
difficult to quantitatively access
in an objective manner since it
is subjective i.e. personally
meaningful.
Its weakness is it has difficulties
with analysis and interpretation,
usually lower levels of validity
and reliability compared to
positivism, and more time and
other resources required for
data collection.
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This sampling is a snowball sampling, because this is chain-referral. It is snowball sampling because it
uses a small pool of initial informants to nominate, through their social networks, other participants who
meet the eligibility criteria and could potentially contribute to a specific study. In this case, a local social
worker introduced you to two former street working children. But, the two former working children told
you that they have other friends who are still working to the street. So, it became chain referral
sampling.
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Activity 2

1. Cluster Sampling

2.Stratified random Sampling

3. Stratified or Quota Sampling