Phenemenology - created from Mind Map

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Purpose

Different Types

Definition

Methodology

Strengths

Limitations

To describe the appearance of things as a lived experience.

Essences

Apperances

Reductive

Interpretive (Hermeneutic)

Answer the questions: what is like to have a certain experience?

Interview (in-depth interview)

Participant Observation

Conversation

Action Research

Focus Meeting

Analysis of Personal Texts (e.g: Diary Writing)

give a better understanding of real life situation and experiences

good at surfacing deep isses and making voices heard

has the ability to query and probe in-depth issue of a phenemenon

huge compilations of data - time consuming

Sample size - it can be hard to get over to people that a single-figure sample is valid

Difficulty in gaining access to participants for more than a single session of an hour or less