Qualitative Research Methods Ii

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Sensitizing Concept

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Generated from existing studies or theories and provide a general sense of direction and reference for a study.

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Open Coding

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Examination of minute section of text.

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axial coding

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Putting data back together in new ways by making connection between codes categories and subcategories - sometimes called themes.

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selective coding

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Selecting core categories and relating them to other categories.

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constant comparison method

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a way of analyzing qualitative data throughout the entire process of qualitative research

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Inductive analysis

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starting with the data and coming up with a theory grounded in that data

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grand theory

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refers to efforts devoted to abstract, analytical theory building - criticized by empiricists and post structuralists

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substantive theory

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A "working theory" of action for a specific context. It is considered transferable, rather than generalizable.

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methodological transparancy

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the degree to that a researcher makes the data collection, coding, and analysis clearly visible to all readers.

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constructivism

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the belief of qualitative social psychology researchers that the mind is active in the construction of knowledge

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positivism

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the only genuine or legitimate knowledge claims are those founded directly on experience - this is the scientific method as applied to the study of human action.

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bracketing

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setting aside or "bracketing" everyday assumption in order to concentrate on the phenomenology of the experience of the everyday world.

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abduction

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reasoning developed for the discovery of hypotheses or theories that differs from inductive and deductive inference - a process of conjectures and refutations

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deductive reasoning

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drawing a conclusion from particular premises in other words it is logically impossible for the conclusion to be false if the premises are true.

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properties

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each theory in grounded theory research can be subdivided into properties that provide the broad dimension for the categories - really the dimension of a category

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dimensions

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the smallest unit of information analyzed in grounded theory research. a researcher take the properties and puts them on a continuum to see the extreme possibilities for the property.