Soc 240: Qualitative Research

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Qualative Research:

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-Descriptive & explanatory (vs. hypothesis testing)
-Data can be observed not measured
-Observations about natural behavior that captures social life as experienced by partcipants rather than in categories predeterminded by researcher

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Nancy Herman (article: experience of ex-mental patient):

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-Pretty much first person to study what life is like after mental hospital.
-Best ex. of QUALATIVE STUDY

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Quanatative Research:

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-Most are explanatory
-Deals w/ numbers
-Data can be measured

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FOCUS GROUPS:

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-Used for exploratory purposes
-Used in marketing
- If sociologist use this helps get exploratory data
- NOT COMMON IN SOC.

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#1. CHARACTERISTICS OF PARTICPANT OBSERVATION=

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QUALATIVE DATA- Observations about natural behavior that captures social life as experienced by partcipants rather than in categories predeterminded by researcher

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EXPLORATORY & DESCRIPTIVE NOT hypothesis testing

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ROUTINE INTERACTIONS INTERPRETED WITHIN BROADER INTERACTIVE CONTEXT (focus on social process, not concrete outcomes)

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-A lot of SUBJECTIVITY (methodological empathy)
- Empathy meaning-seeing world through thier eyes. Females engage in this more.

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INDUCTIVE VS. DEDUCTIVE (grounded theory)

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-SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONS
- Good ex. of this is Nancy Herman (article: experience of ex-mental patient):

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-ALLOWS FOR INVESTIGATION OF SENSETIVE TOPIC.
- Good ex. Wright atricle on residential burglars

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#1. PROCEDURE: Stage of the PO Process=

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-SELECTING A RESEARCH SETTING
- Formal setting you need to have permission-- ex- you need to get permission of company.

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#2. PROCEDURE: Stage of the PO Process=

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-GAINING ACCESS
- Good ex- the snowball ex in the Wright article.
- Snowball sampling is technique :where existing study subjects recruit future subjects from among their acquaintances. Thus the sample group appears to grow like a rolling snowball.

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#3. PROCEDURE: Stage of the PO Process=

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-PRESENTING ONESELF TO INDIVIDUALS UNDER STUDY-function of researcher, characteristics, setting and topic.
- THERE ARE 4 WAYS TO PRESENT YOURSELF:
1. complete observer/overt (ex. Barrie Thorne-kids socialization)
2. observer as participant/overt (ex. Whyte-restaurant industry)
3. participant as observer/overt (ex. community studies)
4. Complete participant/covert (ex. Humphreyes-this study lots of debate-classic study will never happen today-about gay men doing stuff in bathroom stalls)

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COMPLETE OBSERVER:

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PO b/c the way the P interacts w/ the data makes it PO

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OBSERVER AS P:

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Emphasizes obervation & minimizing P

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COMMUNITY STUDY:

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Sociologist moves into community

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OVERT:

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-People who are being studied know your studying them. (WRIGHT & HERMAN ARTICLES)
- INTENSIVE INTERVIEWING.

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COVERT:

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-When you do not declare yourself as an observer
- " Undercover"- don't want people to know your there studying them b/c they'll act differnt
- Mostly on sensetive subjects
- Hard to do in current days w/ all the rules and regulations
- NO INTENSIVE INTERVIEWING

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