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Summary of chapter 17 of the Book “Social Research Methods” (5th edition) by Alan Bryman
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Bryman Chapter 17: The nature of qualitatie reeearchQualitative researchv difers from quantitative researchv in tve folloiin ooints
Quanttatie reeearch ie concerne ieith ieor e rather than ieith numbere
In uctie iieie of the relaton betieeen theory reeearch
Reeearcher takee on a role ae interpretiiett triee to un eretan eocial ieorl through an
examinaton of that ieorl by ite partcipante
Ontological poeitont eocial propertee are outcomee of interactone betieeen in iii uale
Main researchv metvods assochiated iitv qualitative researchv
Ethnography/ partcipant obeeriaton
Reeearcher placee himeelf in a epecifc eocial eetng to obeerie an lieten
Goal: gain an appreciaton of the culture of a eocial group
Qualitatie interiieieing
Wi e range of interiieie etylee (eee notee on Chapter 9)
Focue groupe (aleo eee Chapter 9)
Language baee approach to the collecton of qualitatie ata (e.g. iecouree or
coniereaton analyeie)
The collecton an qualitatie analyeie of texte an ocumente
Main steos in qualitative researchv
1. General reeearch queeton(e)
2. Selecton of releiant eite(e) an eubjecte
3. Collecton of releiant ata
4. Interpretaton of ata
5. Conceptual an theoretcal ieork
5.a. Tighter epecifcaton of the reeearch queeton
5.b. Collecton of further ata (if neceeeary afer 5a)
6. Writng up fn inge/ conclueion
Tveory and Researchv
Theory emerging out of the collecton an analyeie of ata
Hoieeier, qualitatie reeearch can aleo be employe in or er to teet theoriee
Concheots in qualitative researchv
Seneitizing concepte: proii e a general eenee of reference an gui ance in approaching
empirical inetancee
They ehoul be employe in a ieay that they giie a general eenee of iehat to look for
Critque: thie approach may not ofer enough gui ance for empirical enquiry
Reliability and Validity in qualitative researchv
External reliability
The egree to iehich a etu y can be replicate
Probleme: a eocial eetng cannot remain the exact eame
Therefore the replicatng reeearcher nee e to a opt a eimilar role to that a opte by
the original reeearcher
Internal reliability
More than one obeerier, o they agree about their obeeriatones
Internal iali ity
Correepon ence betieeen reeearcher’e obeeriatone an theoretcal i eae eielope
External iali ity
Degree to iehich fn inge can be generaliize acroee eocial eetnge
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