Data Collection
This tool structures questions for participants in qualitative studies
What is interview guide
Patterns identified from the coding process
What are themes
Qualitative design that uses first-person stories as data
Narrative Analysis
The strength and quality of a study
What is Rigor?
Selecting participants who are easiest to reach
What is convenience sampling?
Notes recorded during qualitative data collection--include description and reflection
What are field notes
Process of observing, looking for trends, and eventually moving toward theory/ explanations
What is Inductive reasoning
Qualitative design that explores people’s experiences and understandings ('essence')
What is Phenomenology
The point at which so much data has been gathered that no new themes are emerging
What is saturation?
The researcher uses expertise to select a sample that is most useful to the research purposes.
The process of identifying important concepts in the data
what is coding?
Using multiple data sources or data collection techniques
What is Triangulation?
Qualitative design that describes culture or aspects of culture
What is ethnography?
Using multiple data sources or data collection techniques
What is triangulation?
Researchers creating a sample involving individuals that represent a population, ensuring that specific subgroups are included based on quotas.
What is quota sampling?
Pre-existing documents like letters, records, or photos used as data
What are archival materials
Analyzing patterns and frequency in text
What is content analysis
A design intended to produce a theory (explanation) that is based on data gathered
What is grounded theory?
Process of having subjects review data analysis for accuracy and validity of interpretations
What are member checks?
Existing participants help recruit future subjects
Snowball sampling
The person providing qualitative data
Who is the informant?
Develop a narrative or theory to explain findings
What is Interpretation?
An in-depth, holistic investigation of an individual, program, or event within its real-life context
What is a case study?
Discussing findings with colleagues to reduce bias
What is peer-debriefing?
Selecting all available subjects for a specific period or until a desired target is met.
What is consecutive sampling