CRIM 2653 Study Guide - Thick Description, Nomothetic

• School: York University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 2653
• Professor: Paul Baxter

Document Summary

We want to have confidence in the findings. Are these findings reflective of people"s true experiences. Truth value: we want our research and findings to be truthful. Is the: every single time you are hitting the target of what you intednded to study and yo udo it repeatedly. Can be reliable but not valdi because you have good aim but you"re not hitting the target: credibility for qual: is the research a true refelction of. People"s experiences: credibility is established through truthful observations, prolonged engagement could be used- persistent observation, you are engaged in research for a long period of time but longitudinal research isnt automatically prolonged because it may not involve engagement. Engaging in people"s lives and persistently observing them. The opposite of what you think is happening happens. If you want to know what the norms are, you have to go somewhere and break the norms and you will therefore know what is appropriate/not.