IECP Week 8 – Study Guide and Weekly Review Material
What are you looking for in qualitative data - correct answer ✔✔repetition, looking to explore
concepts (a theme)
Characteristics of Qualitative Research Design - correct answer ✔✔-flexible, elastic
-almost always non-experimental
-intent to thoroughly describe or explain
-real-world, naturalistic settings
-cross-sectional or longitudinal
-ongoing analysis guiding design decisions
Is qualitative prospective or retrospective - correct answer ✔✔mostly retrospective
Qualitative Research Traditions - correct answer ✔✔-there are shared features among
qualitative research designs, however there is wide variety of approaches
-qualitative research often described in terms of disciplinary traditions
-each tradition varies in terms of what types of questions are important to ask and the methods
for answering these questions
What is a grounded theory - correct answer ✔✔generate a theory from the constant comparing
of unfolding observations
What is ethnography - correct answer ✔✔-holistic view of culture
-describes and interprets a culture/cultural behavior-the way a group of people live- the
patterns of activity and the symbolic structures that give such activity significance
-relies on extensive, labor-intensive fieldwork
, Emic perspective - correct answer ✔✔the way the members of the culture regard their world
etic perspective - correct answer ✔✔the outsiders interpretation of the experiences of the
culture
What is the primary source of data for ethnographies - correct answer ✔✔interviews,
participant observation, documents
Descriptive phenomenology - correct answer ✔✔emphasis on describing human experience
Interpretative phenomenology - correct answer ✔✔emphasis on interpreting and
understanding experience (not just describing it)
phenomenology - correct answer ✔✔-interpretations and meanings of individuals' experiences
-focuses on understanding, describing, and interpreting people's everyday lived experiences
-four key aspects of experience: lived space, lived body, lived time, lived human relation
What are ways to collect data for phenomenology - correct answer ✔✔-in-depth conversations
with a small number of participants who have experienced the phenomenon
Grounded theory - correct answer ✔✔-social psychological and structural processes within a
social setting
-focuses on the discovery of a basic social psychological problem that a defined group of people
experience
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What are you looking for in qualitative data - correct answer ✔✔repetition, looking to explore
concepts (a theme)
Characteristics of Qualitative Research Design - correct answer ✔✔-flexible, elastic
-almost always non-experimental
-intent to thoroughly describe or explain
-real-world, naturalistic settings
-cross-sectional or longitudinal
-ongoing analysis guiding design decisions
Is qualitative prospective or retrospective - correct answer ✔✔mostly retrospective
Qualitative Research Traditions - correct answer ✔✔-there are shared features among
qualitative research designs, however there is wide variety of approaches
-qualitative research often described in terms of disciplinary traditions
-each tradition varies in terms of what types of questions are important to ask and the methods
for answering these questions
What is a grounded theory - correct answer ✔✔generate a theory from the constant comparing
of unfolding observations
What is ethnography - correct answer ✔✔-holistic view of culture
-describes and interprets a culture/cultural behavior-the way a group of people live- the
patterns of activity and the symbolic structures that give such activity significance
-relies on extensive, labor-intensive fieldwork
, Emic perspective - correct answer ✔✔the way the members of the culture regard their world
etic perspective - correct answer ✔✔the outsiders interpretation of the experiences of the
culture
What is the primary source of data for ethnographies - correct answer ✔✔interviews,
participant observation, documents
Descriptive phenomenology - correct answer ✔✔emphasis on describing human experience
Interpretative phenomenology - correct answer ✔✔emphasis on interpreting and
understanding experience (not just describing it)
phenomenology - correct answer ✔✔-interpretations and meanings of individuals' experiences
-focuses on understanding, describing, and interpreting people's everyday lived experiences
-four key aspects of experience: lived space, lived body, lived time, lived human relation
What are ways to collect data for phenomenology - correct answer ✔✔-in-depth conversations
with a small number of participants who have experienced the phenomenon
Grounded theory - correct answer ✔✔-social psychological and structural processes within a
social setting
-focuses on the discovery of a basic social psychological problem that a defined group of people
experience
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