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- 1Content AnalysisA form of analysis that counts & reports the frequency of concepts/words/behaviors held within data.
- 2CodesResearcher developed descriptions of themes and meanings.
- 3CategoriesSimilar codes that are grouped together.
- 4Grounded TheoryType of qualitative research that involves developing theories from observing a group. Theories are grounded in the group's observable experiences, but researchers add their own insight into why those experiences exist.
- 5Axial CodingThe process of relating codes, categories and concepts to each other.
A term used in Straussian grounded theory. - 6Core CategoryA central phenomenon that links or integrates all other categories in the research; usually associated with grounded theory.
- 7MemoingThe process of recording thoughts, observations, or notions made during data analysis or from the field and containing varying degrees of abstraction;
usually associated with grounded theory. - 8Etic PerspectiveOutsider's point of view; the perspective of the researcher. A term usually associated with ethnography and anthropology.
- 9Emic PerspectiveInsider's point of view which is culturally bond. A term usually associated with ethnography and anthropology.
- 10Tacit KnowledgeInformal or implicit knowledge often unrecognized and not articulated.
- 11PhenomenologyA philosophy which explores consciousness. In research it explores the meaning individuals assign to their experiences; "lived experience".
- 12EthnographyA type of qualitative research that takes an anthropological perspective (sociological) and is concerned with a description of a culture or group, its member's experiences and interpretations.
- 13CredibilityA researcher's ability to demonstrate that the object of a study is accurately identified and described, based on the way in which the study in conducted.
- 14Field ObservationThe observation of participants in their natural setting. Observation can be direct or indirect, participatory or
non-participatory. - 15Hawthorne EffectThe impact of the researcher on the research participants or setting, notably in changing their behavior.
- 16Focus GroupInterviews of groups of people with something in common.
- 17Semi-Structured InterviewAn interview that follows a topic guide but allows for follow-up points.
- 18Unstructured InterviewAn interview that aims to discuss a limited number of topics in great depth with no structure or preconceived plan.
- 19Structured InterviewAn interview that follows the questions exactly as provided in the interview schedule such as those in quantitative research.
- 20Data SaturationWhen a researcher reaches a point in their analysis of data that sampling more data will not lead to more information related to their research questions.
- 21TransferabilityThe ability to apply the results of research in one context to another similar context. Also, the extent to which a study invites readers to make connections between elements of the study and their own experiences.
- 22TriangulationThe use of multiple methods, data collection strategies, and/or data sources, in order to get a more complete picture and to cross-check information.
- 23RigorThe degree to which research methods are scrupulously & meticulously carried out in order to recognize important influences occurring in an experiment.
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