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SPMA 3P17 ExamGoal (of Qualitative Research) - correct answer ✔✔to develop a rich understanding of the social
processes involved in everyday life
3 Qualitative Research Methods - correct answer ✔✔- participant observation
- in-depth interviewing
- unobtrusive data
Design Characteristics (of QL Research) - correct answer ✔✔1. takes place in/is about the 'natural world'
2. flexible/emergent design
3. purposeful sampling
4. purpose is plausibility and understanding
Data Collection Characteristics (of QL Research) - correct answer ✔✔1. multiple qualitative methods
available
2. researcher as instrument
3. participant-researcher relationship
Analysis Characteristics (of QL Research) - correct answer ✔✔1. unique case orientation
2. inductive-deductive creative synthesis
3. voice, perspective, reflexivity
Definition of the Situation - correct answer ✔✔a concept that states an individual's behaviour is
influenced more by their understanding of the situation than by any objective aspects of the situation
itself
Characteristics of Qualitative Research - correct answer ✔✔- focus on human, lived reality
- use of Inductive reasoning
, - involves in-depth interviews and subjective observation
- interest is understanding behaviour in context
- includes literature review at the end of study
Characteristics of Quantitative Research - correct answer ✔✔- focus on theory development and testing
- use of Deductive reasoning
- Involves questionnaires or surveys
- interest is generating theories that predict and generalize
- involves literature review at beginning of study
Positivism/Post-positive worldview - correct answer ✔✔Purpose: to predict, explain patterns and
identify relationships
Focus: a phenomenon exists and you want to test/fix it; "the miner" digs for new knowledge
Interpretive/Symbolic Interaction worldview - correct answer ✔✔Purpose: to interpret and discover
social meaning; to build descriptions of under-explored phenomena
"the traveler" journeys into unknown territory
Critical Worldview - correct answer ✔✔Purpose: to change, emancipate, and empower; to create
opportunities and the will for change
"change agent" empowers those unheard and aims to change the status quo
Pragmatism worldview - correct answer ✔✔Purpose: to solve problems by asking questions that can be
answered with qualitative methods
"the problem solver" wants to comprehend and convey as full a picture as possible
Typical Purposes - correct answer ✔✔- analytical exploratory/descriptive
- explanatory/evaluative
- action/social change
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