CRIM 2653 : L7 2653.docx

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

Document Summary

Quality in qualitative research design chapters 15-16 of silverman. Seems to be particularly significant in ethnographic studies (see pg. Note: the three general weaknesses of ethnographic field studies are quite significant for researchers who want to provide demonstrably valid findings in ethnographic studies. Finding ways to design one"s ethnographic study with an eye on these criticisms is one way to provide greater validity to your studies. Validating finding: the refutability principle, constant comparative method, comprehensive data treatment, deviant case analysis, using appropriate tablulations. The refutability principle (289: validity is related to objectivity, or the claim that the findings provide the best explanation of a state of affairs. Skeptical about findings: we validate something by challenging our understanding of it in every possible way. Absence of refutable evidence may provisionally confirm a relationship. The relationship may be said to exist only until disconfirming evidence is found to refute it.