WGU Research Foundations (C224) ACCURATE
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Phenomenology
Rich narrative allowing researcher to vicariously experience the phenomenon
through the eyes of the participant.
Purpose: Describing the individuals experience of the phenomena.
Ethnography
Extensive physical description of the physical and social settings aimed at holistic
understanding.
Purpose: Describing cultural characteristics of a group of people
Narrative Inquiry
including patterns, connections, and insights uncovered and carefully
synthesized.
Purpose: Describing people's lives/stories to add to our understanding.
Chronological story
,Case Study
Rich, holistic narrative which triangulates data and places the case into a
meaningful context
Purpose: Addressing research questions through in-depth analysis. Environment
based on a set of circumstances.
Grounded Theory
Contains methodological description, then proposes and discusses the theory
built during the research study.
Purpose: Inductively generating a theory describing a phenomenon. Does this
dynamic of people in this environment hold true to a theory that's related to it?
Not manipulating data.
Triangulation
Observations --> Interviews --> Questionnaires. Is everybody in sync with one
another?
It validates the story
Major characteristics of qualitative research analysis
Unique Case Orientation,
Inductive Analysis & Creative Synthesis,
Holistic Perspective,
Context Sensitivity,
Voice Perspective & Reflectivity
,Voice, Perspective & Reflectivity
The qualitative analyst owns and is reflective about his or her own voice and
perspective; a credible voice conveys authenticity and trustworthiness
Context Sensitivity
Be sensitive to the environment around you. Research places findings in a
context that is: social, historical, and temporal.
Holistic Perspective
The whole phenomenon under study is understood as a complex system that is
more than the sum of its parts.
Inductive Analysis & Creative Synthesis
taking all the specific info and creating the big story. Looking for patterns,
themes, and interrelationships to get the big picture
Unique Case Orientation
Researcher assumes that each case is special and unique. The first level of
analysis is being true to, respecting, and capturing the details of the individual
cases being studies
, Qualitative Research Strengths
Responsive to local situations, conditions, stakeholders, needs and changes that
occur during conduct study
Is useful for determining idiographic causation
Is useful for studying a limited number of cases in depth and describing complex
phenomena
Researcher can inductively generate a tentative but explanatory theory about a
phenomenon
Can conduct cross-case comparisons
Mixed Method Research
Confirmatory and exploratory according to given situation.
Purpose: combining quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis
elements in a research study. Description, understanding, explanation,
prediction, influence, and integration.
Mixed Method Rationales
Triangulation, Complementarity, Development, Initiation, Expansion
Triangulation (Mixed Method Research Rational)
Seeks convergence, correspondence, and corroboration of results from different
methods
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Phenomenology
Rich narrative allowing researcher to vicariously experience the phenomenon
through the eyes of the participant.
Purpose: Describing the individuals experience of the phenomena.
Ethnography
Extensive physical description of the physical and social settings aimed at holistic
understanding.
Purpose: Describing cultural characteristics of a group of people
Narrative Inquiry
including patterns, connections, and insights uncovered and carefully
synthesized.
Purpose: Describing people's lives/stories to add to our understanding.
Chronological story
,Case Study
Rich, holistic narrative which triangulates data and places the case into a
meaningful context
Purpose: Addressing research questions through in-depth analysis. Environment
based on a set of circumstances.
Grounded Theory
Contains methodological description, then proposes and discusses the theory
built during the research study.
Purpose: Inductively generating a theory describing a phenomenon. Does this
dynamic of people in this environment hold true to a theory that's related to it?
Not manipulating data.
Triangulation
Observations --> Interviews --> Questionnaires. Is everybody in sync with one
another?
It validates the story
Major characteristics of qualitative research analysis
Unique Case Orientation,
Inductive Analysis & Creative Synthesis,
Holistic Perspective,
Context Sensitivity,
Voice Perspective & Reflectivity
,Voice, Perspective & Reflectivity
The qualitative analyst owns and is reflective about his or her own voice and
perspective; a credible voice conveys authenticity and trustworthiness
Context Sensitivity
Be sensitive to the environment around you. Research places findings in a
context that is: social, historical, and temporal.
Holistic Perspective
The whole phenomenon under study is understood as a complex system that is
more than the sum of its parts.
Inductive Analysis & Creative Synthesis
taking all the specific info and creating the big story. Looking for patterns,
themes, and interrelationships to get the big picture
Unique Case Orientation
Researcher assumes that each case is special and unique. The first level of
analysis is being true to, respecting, and capturing the details of the individual
cases being studies
, Qualitative Research Strengths
Responsive to local situations, conditions, stakeholders, needs and changes that
occur during conduct study
Is useful for determining idiographic causation
Is useful for studying a limited number of cases in depth and describing complex
phenomena
Researcher can inductively generate a tentative but explanatory theory about a
phenomenon
Can conduct cross-case comparisons
Mixed Method Research
Confirmatory and exploratory according to given situation.
Purpose: combining quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis
elements in a research study. Description, understanding, explanation,
prediction, influence, and integration.
Mixed Method Rationales
Triangulation, Complementarity, Development, Initiation, Expansion
Triangulation (Mixed Method Research Rational)
Seeks convergence, correspondence, and corroboration of results from different
methods
