Intro & Definitions
A form of social inquiry that focuses on the way people interpret and make sense of the world they live in.
What is qualitative research?
Initially developed in anthropology, ethnographic research focuses on an entire (BLANK)-sharing group.
What is culture?
Instead of variables, qualitative research starts with...
What are concepts?
An effective focus group should have between four and (NUMBER) participants.
What is twelve?
Participatory research has three key elements: people, praxis, and ...
What is power?
Constructionism and subjectivism are the two (BLANK) which most closely relate to qualitative research.
What are epistemologies?
When no theory exists to explain a phenomenon and help shape a study design, a researcher can turn to this approach, which allows them to develop theory through exploratory research.
What is grounded theory?
(BLANK) offers insights into why, how, when, where, and under what conditions phenomena occur.
What is theory?
According to these rules, anybody who participates in the meeting is free to use information/knowledge gained in the meeting, but not free to disclose
who gave the information.
What is Chatham House rules?
What analogy did Arnstein (1969) use to illustrate the degree of involvement people can have in research?
What is a ladder? (The Ladder of Citizen Participation)
A limitation of qualitative research is that it can take copious amounts of...
What is time?
Biography, auto-ethnography, and oral history are all forms of this approach, which focuses on stories and specifically the turning points in stories (key decisions, major changes, important developments).
What is narrative inquiry?
This theory suggests that individuals are biologically predisposed to form selective bonds with special and proximate caring figures in their environment (e.g. parents, teachers)
What is attachment theory?
A case that is valuable to understand because it has unusual interest that merits further discovery.
What is an intrinsic case?
The first step of participatory research.
What is 'Identify the problem'? (Will also accept: identify the community affected)
A (BLANK) research question investigates little-known phenomena, identifies possible variables for future study, and generates hypotheses.
What is exploratory?
This qualitative research approach focuses on finding the commonalities in several people's perspectives and experiences with a phenomenon.
What is phenomenology?
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What are Boolean Operators?
A type of coding where themes, codes and categories are chosen a priori, before the analysis starts.
What is deductive coding?
What technology was used in a participatory study about digital interventions to solicit engagement and involvement from Toronto racialised newcomer youth?
What is podcasting?
A (BLANK) research question forecasts the events and behaviours resulting from a phenomenon.
What is predictive?
This approach is observational, and occurs within a bounded system (within a given time and place, a clear context).
What is case study?
This punctuation mark can be used in literature searches to denote multiple possible endings to a word.
What is a question mark?
or What is a wildcard?
The most common form of analysis in qualitative research.
What is thematic analysis?
This model has four systems: individual, social/interpersonal, organizational/community, and public policy.
What is the social ecological model.