CMN 2101 Lecture 6: lecture 6
20 Apr 2016
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Process of seeing the world from the eyes of the participants in the study and studying their worldviews, being empathetic. Researchers believe they will be influences by surroundings so they go through bracketing (setting aside biases and personal perspectives) Use of purposive sampling (people who have experience in phenomenon they are studying) Saturation: refers to a situation in data analysis where participant description become repetitive and confirm previous data. The study of individual experiences through their lived experiences. Seeks to achieve a deep understanding of the phenomenon being studied through a rigorous, systematic examination: lifeworld: world of lived experience, intersubjectivity: how subjective awareness and understanding can be reached in a common world. Participant observation: you the researcher join the group you are studying for an extended period, gaining entry into the group (gatekeepers/key informants, field notes. In-depth interviews: collecting respondents" perception of their world.
