SCS 2150 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Narrative Inquiry, Data Analysis, Menopause

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Social Sciences
• Course: SCS 2150
• Professor: Zeina Abou- Rizk

Document Summary

Phenomenology: the science of phenomena as distinct from that of the nature of being. An approach that concentrates on the study of consciousness and the objects of direct experience. To develop a better understanding of the essence of the phenomenon. Collecting data from other individuals [lived experiences] Types: descriptive and interpretative: descriptive (moustakas approach): Pick a phenomena that is interesting to you. After having determined that phenomenology is the appropriate method to use. Interviews are conducted with individuals that have lived the phenomena. Data analysis: look for themes and statements that are relevant that serve the ultimate goal. Put these themes together into clusters of meanings and themes. Once data analysis is completed, researchers write descriptions: textural: researcher reports what the participants have told him/her about their experience, structural: description of the context of which the experience took place, composite: essence of the phenomena.