POL 3370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Resource Depletion, Nvivo, Participant Observation
26 Oct 2014
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She wants to give back the exam next friday. For the first time in her career, she"ll probably curve the test. She will not however curve future tests. She"ll give us future study practice exams. Nothing from the book will be on the exam that"s not in her slides. She will send us the trial version of nvivo in the future (not to be used to analyze our own data: pol 3370 a - qualitative analysis in ps - miriam levitt - 08 oct. 03. Observation: observation is a research tool when it: Critics of observational research: criticism of participant observation involves its subjectivity. Proponents of observational research: patton suggests the following - training to be a skilled observer includes: Practicing the disciplined recording of field notes. Knowing how to separate detail from trivia. Using rigorous methods to validate observations: observations are used to triangulate emerging findings; used in conjunction with interviewing.
