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INFO 272. Qualitative Research Methods. Components of the Research Process. Administrative. My Office Hours Tuesdays 1:30 to 2:30. Outline. The relationship between qualitative and quantitative research Research processes (differences in sequencing that derive from the inductive approach) - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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INFO 272. Qualitative Research Methods
Administrative My Office Hours
Tuesdays 1:30 to 2:30
Outline The relationship between qualitative and
quantitative research Research processes (differences in
sequencing that derive from the inductive approach)
Discussion of Becker’s ‘Epistemology of Qualitative Research’
Myths of the Qual/Quant Divide Renewed relevance for qualitative (inductive)
approaches?
Myths of the Qual/Quant Divide No quantification without qualification
Myths of the Qual/Quant Divide No statistical analysis without interpretation
Myths of the Qual/Quant Divide Methodological pluralism? The timeline approach as a solution? Another process of refinement, through
iteration…
The Linear Model1) theory/model
2) hypothesis
3) operationalization
4) sampling
5) data collection
6) interpretation
7) validation[Flick]
The Iterative Model
movement back and forth between these phases
1) research topic/questions
2) ‘corpus construction’
3) data gathering
4) analysis
5) write-up
The Iterative Model
movement back and forth between these phases
1) research topic/questions
2) ‘corpus construction’
3) data gathering
4) analysis
5) write-up
4) more analysis
Field work
A Double Iteration1) research topic/questions
2) ‘corpus construction’
3) data gathering
4) analysis
5) write-up
4) more analysis
Field work
academic setting: contextualized within the major debates in your discipline
‘the boy with the hammer’ (law of instrument) = there should be a match between research questions and methods used to answer those questions
(does not mean that questions always precede choice of method, nor does it mean that you will not tend to favor certain methods)
1) research topic/questions
recruiting people for interviews
selecting texts or images
fieldsite selection
• Why not ‘sampling?’• how to start, where to
look, when to stop – meaning saturation
• but more generally, the search for data richness and visibility of certain cultural processes
2) ‘corpus construction’
interviews (transcripts)
participant-observation (field notes)
collecting texts/images (from the field)
• expediency• technique - how the
communicative process between researcher and researched influences the data produced
3) data gathering
Comments in your field notes, emerging themes
Established forms:Discourse analysisRhetorical analysisContent analysisSemiotics
Grounded theory
3) Analysis
Writing is committing (an extension of analysis)
Coping with heterogeneous data (tip: start with the most interesting bit)
Closeness to the data
3) Final Report
A Double Iteration1) research topic/questions
2) ‘corpus construction’
3) data gathering
4) analysis
5) write-up
4) more analysis
Field work
Qual/Quant Differences, in Summary
Qualitative Quantitative
Iterative Linear
Produces Vast Quantities of Heterogeneous Data
Produces Specific, Focused data (no surplus)
Close Observation Remote Indicators
Inductive Deductive
Rigor and Refinement through Iteration Timeline Approach from Qual to Quant
(broad to narrow) is not a simple fix Genuine and generalized curiosity (open-
minded approach) means distributing attention evenly, logging data on everything concievable (see Becker)
Conclusions (from the map)