Lecture 20

Question 1

What is qualitative research?

Answer 1

Exploring the unknown within a context

Question 2

Describe data in qualitative research

Answer 2

• Quotes/images capturing original quality of the data
• Non-numeric
• Involved the ‘human experience’

Question 3

Is qualitative research inductive or deductive?

Answer 3

Inductive.

Doesn’t starts with a hypothesis, this is formed from within the data

Question 4

What is a theme?

Answer 4

A patterned response or meaning within the data set

Question 5

What is a theme referred to as?

Answer 5

A category or dominant discourse

Question 6

How is a theme found?

Answer 6

Found by systematic searching within the data

Question 7

What is ontology the views of?

Answer 7

Human Reality

Question 8

(Ontology)

In quantitate research what is the theory?

Answer 8

Realism - there is one true reality independent of perception

Question 9

(Ontology)

In qualitative research what is the theory?

Answer 9

Relativism - people’s realities differ relative to perception
->behaviour can be the same but experienced differently

Question 10

(Epistemology)

In quantitative research what is the theory?

Answer 10

Positivism - knowledge is waiting to be discovered and is then considered ‘true’ until disproven through research

Question 11

(Epistemology)

In qualitative research what is the theory?

Answer 11

Social Construction - knowledge is being generated by attempts to explain the human world, this includes research

Question 12

Describe Data Gathering and Analysis in quantitate data

Answer 12

• Mostly closed questions
• Large samples
• Tests specific hypothesis

Question 13

Describe Data Gathering and Analysis in qualitative data

Answer 13

• Mostly open ended questions
• Specific sample group
• Looking to explore people’s experiences

Question 14

What do closed questions imply?

Answer 14

A fixed answer i.e. yes/no

Question 15

What do open questions invite?

Answer 15

Expansion

Question 16

What can closed questions do in an interview?

Answer 16

• Reduce question flow
• Can be useful to check understanding of what the participant has said
• Can be expanded on