CRIM 321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Qualitative Inquiry, Emic And Etic, On Point

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 321
• Professor: Jaqueline Faubert

Document Summary

Crim 321 - lecture 1 - a qualitative research journey. On point on which most researchers agree - qualitative inquiry much more difficult to define than it is to simply identify - schram, 2003. Posture of not knowing is a hallmark of qualitative inquiries - chenail, 1997. Aims at providing in-depth understanding of social world of research participants = emic perspective - fox and hedgehog. There is no single accepted way of doing qualitative research - snape and spencer, Methods - archival strategies, interview strategies, participant observation strategies, non-participation observation strategies. Variety of methods used in qualitative methods. But all methods stem from emic search (insider"s understanding) Often, qualitative may be seen as inductive. But looks for theory to emerge from research processes. Guided by theory to test empirically, value of theory. Qualitative research - use both inductive & deductive, same with quantitative.