HLSC 3P37 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Participatory Action Research, Postpositivism, Emic And Etic
18 Apr 2017
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Qualitative research in health sciences week 4. In qualitative research, researchers often believe that knowledge is created in collaboration with those who are researched this assumption is related to the researcher"s epistemology (how we know what we know) All researchers are aware that they have a worldview that influences their research . False all have a worldview but not all are aware of it . *difference between methodology and methods methodology is approach to study; methods are data collection surveys/interviews vs narrative. Quantitative researchers approach research more often from a positivist or post-positivist worldview . True reality is testable and objective there is only one reality and only one truth. A type of qualitative research which include participants in all stages of research . In qualitative research emic refers to research from an insiders perspective whereas etic refers to research from an outsiders perspective . In qualitative research, analysis begins immediately after the literature review has been conducted .
