PSYB01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Participant Observation, Crystal Computing, Inductive Reasoning

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Qualitative research: learn about human behaviour by listening to the humans or observing natural behaviour. Focus on previously unstudied processes and unanticipated phenomena. Qualitative interviewing: open-ended, relatively unstructured questioning. Participant observation: sustained relationship with participant during normal, daily activities. Used to find out about people"s experiences, thoughts, and feelings usually with the goal of understanding how they make sense of their experiences. Qualitative interviewers may allow the specific content and order of questions to vary from one interview to another. Follows a preplanned outline of topics instead of fixed questions and response options. Selection should continue until saturation point: new interviews seem to yield little additional information. As new issues are uncovered, additional interviewees may be selected to represent different opinions about the issues. Interviewer should try to develop a rapport with the interviewee. Explain clearly what is the purpose of the interview. Allow interview to unwind after emotional interview.

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