"how to locate and interpret the subject in biographical materials" (Denzin, 1989)
What is narrative research
100
The extent to which abstract ideas match the empirical evidence used to measure or indicate abstraction
What is construct validity
100
Scottish philosopher, historian and essayist who wrote the Treatise of Human Nature. He also wrote An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (1751)
What is David Hume (1711-1776)
200
The ability to generalize from the research sample to the population
The study of the meaning for several individuals of their lived experiences of a concept (Creswell, 2007)
What is phenomenological research
300
Research should be cogently developed, competently produced, coherent with respect to previous work, important, ethical and comprehensive. (Eisenhart & Howe, 1992)
What is general standards
300
He was a German existentialist and social critic. He is probably the most divisive philosopher of the 20th century (Blackburn, 1994)
What is Martin Heidegger (1889-1976)
400
The assessment of the influence of the investigator's own background, perceptions, and interests on his or her research
Research to move beyond description to generate or discover a theory; an abstract analytical schema of a process (or action or interaction, Strauss & Corbin, 1998)
What is grounded theory research
400
These concern whether the research is valuable for informing and improving educational practice - the "so what?" question.
(Eisenhart & Howe, 1992)
What is external value constraints
400
Another German. He was a philosopher born in Stuttgart. He was the central philosophical influence on Marx and Engels (Blackburn, 1994)
What is Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831)
500
Data collected by various means are compared
What is triangulation
500
Two types: ethical and substantive
What is Angen (2000)
500
The exploration of a bounded system or multiple bounded systems over time through detailed, in-depth data collection using multiple sources of information (Cresswell, 2007).
What is case study research
500
These concern the way research is conducted vis-a-vis research subjects, not with the value of the results (Eisenhart & Howe, 1992)