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emergent design
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A design that unfolds in the course of a qualitative study as the researcher makes ongoing design decisions reflecting what has already been learned.
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what do bricoleurs do?
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They, in qualitative research, tend to derive a complex array of data from a variety of sources, using a variety of methods.
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what is ethnography?
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A branch of human inquiry, associated with anthropology, that focuses on the culture of a group of people, with an effort to understand the world view of those under study.
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what is phenomenology?
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A qualitative research tradition, with roots in philosophy and psychology, that focuses on the lived experience of humans.
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what is hermeneutics?
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A qualitative research tradition, drawing on interpretive phenomenology, that focuses on the lived experiences of humans, and on how they interpret those experiences.
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what is ecological psychology?
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A qualitative tradition that focuses on the environment’s influence on human behavior and attempts to identify principles that explain the interdependence of humans and their environmental context.
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what is a key informant
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A person well-versed in the phenomenon of research interest and who is willing to share the information and insight with the researcher (often an ethnographer).
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what is the emic perspective
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An ethnographic term referring to the way members of a culture themselves view their world; the “insider’s view.”
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what is the etic perspective
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An ethnographic term referring to the “outsider’s” view of the experiences of a cultural group.
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what is a performance ethnography?
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A scripted, staged reenactment of ethnographically derived notes that reflect an interpretation of the culture.
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what is ethno nursing research?
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The study of human cultures, with a focus on a group’s beliefs and practices relating to nursing care and related health behaviors.
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what is bracketing?
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In phenomenological inquiries, the process of identifying and holding in abeyance any preconceived beliefs and opinions about the phenomena under study.
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what is are auto ethnographies?
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Ethnographic studies in which researchers study their own culture or group.
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what is hermeneutics?
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A qualitative research tradition, drawing on interpretive phenomenology, that focuses on the lived experiences of humans, and on how they interpret those experiences.
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what is grounded theory?
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An approach to collecting and analyzing qualitative data that aims to develop theories grounded in real-world observations.
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what is the core variable?
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In a grounded theory study, the central phenomenon that is used to integrate all categories of the data.
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what is the basic social process?
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The central social process emerging through an analysis of grounded theory data.
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what is constant comparison?
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A procedure often used in a grounded theory analysis wherein newly collected data are compared in an ongoing fashion with data obtained earlier, to refine theoretically relevant categories.
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what is formal grounded theory?
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A theory developed at a more abstract level of theory by integrating several substantive grounded theories.
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what is historical research?
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Systematic studies designed to discover facts and relationships about past events.
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what is external criticism?
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In historical research, the systematic evaluation of the authenticity and genuineness of data.
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what is internal criticism?
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In historical research, an evaluation of the worth of the historical evidence.
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what is a case study?
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A research method involving a thorough, in-depth analysis of an individual, group, or other social unit.
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what is narrative analysis?
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A type of qualitative approach that focuses on the story as the object of the inquiry.
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what is pentadic dramatism?
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An approach for analyzing of narratives, developed by Burke, that focus on five key elements of a story: act (what was done), scene (when and where it was done), agent (who did it), agency (how it was done), and purpose (why it was done).
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what is critical theory?
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An approach to viewing the world that involves a critique of society, with the goal of envisioning new possibilities and effecting social change.
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what is critical ethnography?
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An ethnography that focuses on raising consciousness in the group or culture under study in the hope of effecting social change.
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what is feminist research?
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research Research that seeks to understand, typically through qualitative approaches, how gender and a gendered social order shape women’s lives and their consciousness.
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what is particapatory action research?
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) A research approach based on the premise that the use and production of knowledge can be political and used to exert power.
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