SOCIOL 2Z03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Participatory Action Research, Linear Regression, Conversation Analysis
11 Sep 2018
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Lecompte and goetz (1982: external reliability: degree to which a study can be replicated and generalized difficult due to small sample size. : this is a strength of qualitative methods (ethnography: alternative criteria for evaluation, trustworthiness, credibility, transferability, dependability, confirmability, authenticity. Goals and critiques of qualitative research: goals, seeing through the eyes of the studied including, empathy. Indepth descriptions: emphasis on process, flexibility and limited structure, critiques, too subjective, difficult to replicate, lack of transparency. Implementable change once research is done: driven to make a change & make people most affected involved in this process from start - finish. Blumer (1954): definitive versus sensitizing concepts: definitive concepts: defined with nominal and operational definitions, as in quantitative research. Sensitizing concepts: provide only a general sense for a point of reference and guidance to the content of concept (general framework to learn more)
