Research Questions and Designs
Define Qualitative Research
What is research that focuses on the description of someone's subjective experience.
5 Components of the Research Question
What is PICOT
Three Types of Interviews
1. Structured
2. Semi-structured
3. Open Interview
Nuremburg Code (Bonus Points for Date)
What is informed consent, research for the good of society, benefits must outweigh the risks, participant safety is paramount
Indigenous Knowledge and Knowing
What is diversity but commonalities based on the worldviews and ways of knowing
Epistemology
What is the theory of knowledge including the ways of knowing
4 Steps in the Sampling Procedure
What is
1. Identify the target population
2. Delineate the accessible population
•Step 3: Develop a sampling plan
•Step 4: Obtain approval from a REB
Ethical Considerations When Interviewing
What is
•Consent
•Privacy
•Confidentiality
•Topic
•Distress
•Interview capabilities of the participant
Declaration of Helsinki (Bonus Points for Date)
What is
•Research with humans should be based on lab and animal trials
•Research protocols should be reviewed by an independent committee prior to initiation
•Informed consent from participants is necessary
•Research should be conducted by qualified individuals
•The risks should not exceed the benefits
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
What is a commission created to shed light on the impact of colonization on indigenous people in Canada
Ontology
The overarching worldviews that encompass each epistemology
What is involves looking for outlier cases, requires larger samples
Focus Group
What is a group of participants observed for the purpose of understanding the group interaction
Belmont Report (Bonus Points for Date)
What is
•Investigators must respect the autonomy of research participants
•Beneficence should underline the conduct of human research.
•Injustice to humans in research is an ethical transgression
How Many Witnesses Did TRC Interview
What is 6 500 participants
Received vs Perceived vs Postmodern
Hard sciences, empirical data vs subjective experience vs multiple truths
How Many Participants are Appropriate
Field Notes
What are notes taken concurrently during research
Common Risks and Ethical Issues in Qualitative Research
What is: undue inducement and coercion, storage of data, informed consent, identifiable information, and sensitive data/vulnerable populations.
Two-Eyed Seeing
What is seeing with indigenous worldviews with one eye and western worldviews with the other for the benefit of all
What procedures we use to acquire knowledge
Quota Sampling
What is selecting individuals that represent the population
Reflexivity
What is: who are you as a researcher and how does it impact the research process.
Risks for the Researcher
What is lone working, unfamiliar spaces, and student research
What is Laurie Peachy's Birthday?
What is June 16, 1957