Characteristics Of Qualitative Research

Question: Naturalistic inquiry
Answer: Studying real world situations as they unfold naturally; nonmanipulative and controlling; opennes to whatever emerges
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Question: Emergent design flexibility
Answer: Openness to adapting inquiry as understanding deepens and or situations change; research avoids getting locked into rigid design
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Question: Purposeful sampling
Answer: Cases dos study selected because they are information rich and offer useful manifestations of the phenomenon of interest
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Question: Qualitative data
Answer: Observations that yield detailed description about people's personal perspectives and experiences
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Question: Personal experience and engagement
Answer: The researcher has direct contact with and gets close se to the people, situation and phenomenon
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Question: Emphatic neutrality and mindfulness
Answer: An empathic stance in interviewing seeks vicarious understanding without judgement by showing openness, sensitivity respect, awareness and responsiveness ( being fully present)
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Question: Dynamic systems
Answer: Attention to process; assumes change as on going wether focus is on an individual or an entire culture
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Question: Unique case orientation
Answer: Assumptions that each case is unique and special
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Question: Inductive analysis and creative synthesis
Answer: Immersion in the details and specific data to discover important data, patterns, themes and interrelationships
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Question: Holistic perspective
Answer: The whole phenomenon under study is understood as a complex system that is more than the sum of its parts
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Question: Context sensitivity
Answer: Places findings in a social , historical and temporal context
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Question: Voice perspective and reflexivity
Answer: Balance understanding and depicting the world authentically in all its complexity while being self analytical
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Question: Naturalistic inquiry Answer: Studying real world situations as they unfold naturally; nonmanipulative and controlling; opennes to whatever emerges ================================================== Question: Emergent design flexibility Answer: Openness to adapting inquiry as understanding deepens and or situations change; research avoids getting locked into rigid design ================================================== Question: Purposeful sampling Answer: Cases dos study selected because they are information rich and offer useful manifestations of the phenomenon of interest ================================================== Question: Qualitative data Answer: Observations that yield detailed description about people's personal perspectives and experiences ================================================== Question: Personal experience and engagement Answer: The researcher has direct contact with and gets close se to the people, situation and phenomenon ================================================== Question: Emphatic neutrality and mindfulness Answer: An empathic stance in interviewing seeks vicarious understanding without judgement by showing openness, sensitivity respect, awareness and responsiveness ( being fully present) ================================================== Question: Dynamic systems Answer: Attention to process; assumes change as on going wether focus is on an individual or an entire culture ================================================== Question: Unique case orientation Answer: Assumptions that each case is unique and special ================================================== Question: Inductive analysis and creative synthesis Answer: Immersion in the details and specific data to discover important data, patterns, themes and interrelationships ================================================== Question: Holistic perspective Answer: The whole phenomenon under study is understood as a complex system that is more than the sum of its parts ================================================== Question: Context sensitivity Answer: Places findings in a social , historical and temporal context ================================================== Question: Voice perspective and reflexivity Answer: Balance understanding and depicting the world authentically in all its complexity while being self analytical ==================================================