HLTB15H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Postpositivism, Grounded Theory, Emic And Etic
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Qualitative research seeks to answer questions like why? and how? that numbers-focused quantitative research cannot adequately answer. Phenomenology: seeks to understand how participants understand, interpret, and find meaning in their own unique life experiences and feelings. Grounded theory: is an inductive reasoning process that uses observations to develop general theories that explain human behaviour. Ethnography: aims to develop an insider"s view (emic) rather than an outsider"s view of how members of a particular cultural group see their world. Post-positivism: researchers aim to experimentally test theories about how the world works but acknowledge that the unpredictability of human behaviour limits the validity of some empirical methods. Critical theory: researchers consider reality to be independent on social and historical constructs. Reality can be uncovered by identifying and challenging power structures. Constructivism: researchers have a relativist perspective that considers reality for each individual to be a function of that person"s lived experiences.
