DVM 3140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Deductive Reasoning, Grounded Theory, Ethnography
9 Oct 2014
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Qualitative is an umbrella term for a number of research traditions case studies, phenomenology, biography, etc. Determines how to recruit participants and collect data and the methodology you will use (ie. in phenomenology, heavy usage of verbal communication). Interdisciplinary vs. multidisciplinary: research paradigms, positivistic or empirico-analytical. Reality is more tangible and can be studied very well as well as objectively measured. Findings are claimed as being true or facts. Research to separate himself from the research process. Cons: too rigid, very difficult to achieve: post-positivistic. Reality can be studied but only imperfectly. Claims that findings are factual or probably true. Wants researcher to remain objective but with the understanding that the researcher cannot be completely free from re. Support quantitative and modified experimental research methods and different ways to collect information. Seeks to generalize results from individual studies to larger populations: qualitative researchers more hesitant to generalize results, interpretive or constructivist.
