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Qualitative and Quantitative
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- 1What are some STRENGTHS of QUALITATIVE research?Based on participants own categories of meaning,
study a limited number of cases in depth
describe complex phenomena
provide rich detail about phenomena
almost always identifies contextual and setting factors - 2What are some WEAKNESSES of QUALITATIVE research?Difficult to generalise
Difficult to make predictions
Difficult to test hypothesis
Low credibility
Time Consuming
Easily influenced by researcher bias - 3QUALITATIVE OR QUANTITATIVE? "Students rate how much they enjoyed their first lesson on research methods using a rating scale."QUATITATIVE
- 4QUALITITATIVE OR QUALITATIVE? "A researcher observes children in a nursery setting and reports an opinion of the aggression level of the children."QUALITATIVE
- 5What are the 3 types of generalisation?Representational Generalisation
Inferential Generalisation
Theoretical Generalisation - 6Who said there were 3 types of generalisation?Lewis and Ritchie (2003)
- 7What are some ethical issues in QUALITATIVE research?Informed Consent
Protection from harm
Privacy
Confidentiality
Deception
Right to Withdraw - 8What does ONTOLOGICAL mean?Own experiences shape how someone sees the world
- 9What SAMPLING TECHNIQUES are there?Random Sampling
Opportunity Sampling
Purposive Sampling
Snowball Sampling - 10What are some STRENGTHS and WEAKNESSES to OPPORTUNITY sampling?STRENGTHS;
Easier to generalise
Cost- effective
Quick
WEAKNESSES;
Biased
Low credibility
Poor research - 11What are some STRENGTHS and WEAKENESSES of PURPOSIVE sampling?STRENGTHS;
Participants reflect topic focus
Based on SALIENT characteristics
Can be added to at a later date
WEAKNESSES;
Biased
Not generalised
Difficult to conduct - 12What are some STRENGHTS and WEAKNESSES of SNOWBALL sampling?STRENGTHS;
Research people who may be difficult to reach
Credible
Cost-effective
WEAKNESSES;
Bias (participants may be friends)
Anonymity
Less generalisable - 13What are DEMAND CHARACTERISTICS?When participants change their behaviour because they think they have figured out the aim of the study
- 14What is SOCIAL DESIRABILITY?When participants feel they have to respond in a specific way to meet societal norms
- 15What is RESEARCHER BIAS?When the researcher fails to maintain objectivity (beliefs affect outcome, becomes bias)
- 16What did STRAUSS AND CORBIN believe?That researcher bias is almost inevitable as it adds to the richness of the data
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