First Things First...
This method involves getting together a small group of participants to ask questions with the goal of watching their interactions with one another.
Focus group
We are not in the secret service. For researchers, this term means a "chunk" of meaning.
Code
This means acknowledging your own role in the research process.
Reflexivity
Ironically, Walt Disney was afraid of this animal.
Mouse
The researcher goes into this type of interview with several interview questions planned but has the flexibility to deviate from the protocol when warranted.
Semi-structured interviews
This means initial analysis of the data and involves assigning initial labels to chunks of meaning.
Open coding
Reaching this during analysis helps qualitative researchers know that they can stop collecting data.
Saturation
Dogs like squeaky toys because the sound mimics this.
A dying animal
This is the process of collecting participants by asking other participants to "pass it on."
Snowball sampling
This second step of analysis means distilling initial chunks into more meaningful, larger categories.
Axial coding
When conducting qualitative research, you should be careful that this vital step of any research process does not impede your ability to be open to the data. See what others have done before you without clouding your own judgement.
Literature review
Hippopotomostrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of this.
Long words
This is someone who can give you access to research sites/settings you may not otherwise have access to.
Gatekeeper
These are the main ideas created from your data and several rounds of combination/distillation to answer your research questions.
Themes
Qualitative researchers are interested in this rather than objectivity.
Intersubjectivity
This appropriately named town in Indiana is an international tourist destination because it hosts year-long Christmas festivals.
Santa Clause, Indiana
These small questions encourage participants to elaborate on their previously stated answers during qualitative interviewing.
Probing questions
These are direct quotes that you include in qualitative research manuscripts to illustrate your findings.
Exemplar quotes
In methods, this means using multiple different kinds of data.
Triangulation
Choux and filo are two types of this food product.
Pastry/dough
These are the principles of the Belmont report.
Beneficence, respect for persons, justice
This is a vital step for insuring a codebook is consistent in quantitative research.
Intercoder reliability
When conducting qualitative analysis, these are notes you make about first impressions/reflections/descriptions/conclusions to yourself as you read the data.
Memos
Paul David Hewson is the birth name of this mononymous Irish singer.
Bono
This concept means that even the researcher cannot identify the participant.
Anonymity
In content analysis, we can code for these two different kinds of content.
Manifest and latent
This involves sharing your findings with your participants or members of your population.
Member checking
These are the little plastic covers on the ends of shoelaces.
Aglets