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What are the four most common qualitative research designs?
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1. Ethnography
2. Grounded theory 3. phenomenology 4. Case study |
Ethnographic research designs are centered on what?
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Cultural behavior. This research design seeks to record the cultural aspects of a group.
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Grounded theory is?
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A type of research design that utilizes a recursive form of question and analysis.
*The researcher begins with a set of question that leads to further questions. *From the individual information collected, common themes are identified. |
Phenomenological research design seeks what?
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To understand the lived experience of those were being studied.
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A case study is a?
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Detailed analysis of a single or limited number of people or events.
*Case studies can be illustrative, exploratory, a critical instance, program effects, prospective, cumulative, or narrative. |
Descriptive inquiry is?
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A strategy used in qualitative research to develop a greater understanding of issues by describing individual experiences.
*Researchers are exploring the individual level of understanding (how each individual describes his or her experience) & collective level of understanding (what is common and not comment about the experiences. |
A focus group is?
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An open discussion in which individuals share their opinions about or emotional responses to a particular subject.
*Example is talking to individuals to gain information on what residents think about the current living conditions at a shelter. |
Qualitative researchers focus on wanting to do what?
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Discover more about the interactions between people and their environment.
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Speculative inquiry is?
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A data analysis process in which the collected information is used to generate common themes.
*This is done by asking different participants the same question. |
Deductive research is the process of?
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Reasoning that moves from a general hypothesis or theory to specific results through the use of quantitative methods.
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Phenomenology is a type of?
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Research design that seeks to understand the lived experience of the individuals who are being studied.
*Meaning their perceptions, thoughts, ideas, and experiences. |
Phenomenology research uses what?
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Descriptive inquiry.
*Researchers do this by coming participants themselves to gain first-hand knowledge. |
Grounded theory is a type of research design that?
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Utilizes a recursive form of question an analysis.
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What is the name of the set of questions often referred to in the grounded theory?
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Grand to her questions.
*These questions are based on existing knowledge such as experience, knowledge from others, tradition, and prior research. *These questions are also open ended. |
Ethnography is?
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Research design that is centered on cultural behavior.
*This research seeks to record the cultural aspect of a group including language, dress, social norms, and behaviors. *It is concerned with organization of society and the study of humans. |