PSY 3010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Qualitative Research, Data Analysis, Grounded Theory
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Chapter outline: the components of qualitative methods, the characteristics of qualitative research, qualitative designs, the researcher"s role, data collection procedures, data recording procedures, data analysis and interpretation, validity and reliability, writing the qualitative report, example 9. 1. Include a methods section that mentions the nature of the final written product. Strategies of inquiry: strategies of inquiry focus on data collection, analysis, and writing, five popular examples, narrative, phenomenology, ethnography, case study, grounded theory. Identify the purposefully select individuals and sites for the study. Indicate the number of sites and participants to be involved in the study: select the type(s) of data to be collected, qualitative observations, qualitative interviews, qualitative documents, qualitative audio-visual materials. Include data collection types that go beyond typical observations and interviews: these unusual forms create reader interest in a proposal and can capture useful information that observations and interviews may miss.
