Professional Documents
Culture Documents
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Second Week
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Contents to be Covered in the Session
research
Comprehend methods of evaluating qualitative data
Be familiar with specific qualitative data analysis methods
Introduction to Qualitative Research
What is Qualitative Research?
Qualitative research is a method of naturalistic enquiry-- it aims to
study people in their natural social settings. The focus is on the
meanings the participants in the study setting attach to their social
world. (Bowling, 2002)
1) Phenomenology
2) Ethnography
4) Grounded Theory
5) Historical Research
Types of Qualitative Research … Cont’d
1. Phenomenology: a form of qualitative research in which the
researcher attempts to understand how one or more individuals
experience a phenomenon.
For example: One might decide to go and live in an area and study the
culture and their educational practices.
Types of Qualitative Research … Cont’d
The various steps in the research process while doing ethnography are
as follows:
B. Literature Review
research problem)
notes
For Example: you might study a classroom that was given a new
organization.
Types of Qualitative Research … Cont’d
Steps:
4.Processing and organizing the data (writing the life story of the
case).
Types of Qualitative Research … Cont’d
For example: you might collect data from parents who have pulled their
children out of public schools and develop a theory to explain how and
why this phenomenon occurs, ultimately developing a theory of school
pull-out.
Types of Qualitative Research … Cont’d
Interviewer strategies
I. Credibility
II. Dependability
III. Transferability
IV. Confirmability
Methods of Evaluating Qualitative Data … Cont’d
I. Credibility
To assure credibility (internal validity) you can describe appropriate
strategies such as:
Using different data sources, methods, data type (triangulation),
Prolonged time in the field, repeatedly observing and interacting
with participants,
Conducting member checks
Saturation
Reflexivity and
Peer review.
Methods of Evaluating Qualitative Data … Cont’d
II. Dependability
Want to determine the extent to which another researcher with similar
training and rapport with participants would make the same
observations
Involves auditing research process, documenting all the raw data
generated, and assessing method of data analysis
Can be established through audit trails and triangulation
Methods of Evaluating Qualitative Data … Cont’d
III. Transferability
Transferability (external validity) refers to the generalizability of the study findings to other
settings, populations, and contexts
Report must provide sufficient detail so that readers can assess this
IV. Conformability
Refers to the objectivity of the data
can be answered
semantic relationship
Qualitative Data Preparation/Level of Analysis … Cont’d
3. Componential Analysis
search for how these relationships are linked to the overall cultural
context
6. Hermeneutic Analysis
qualitative data.
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