PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Diffusion Mri, Radioactive Tracer, Hemoglobin

• School: UTSG
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100H1
• Professor: M.Inzlicht

Document Summary

Overview: fundamentals of qualitative research, methods for collecting qualitative data, mixed methods, qualitative data analysis, ethical issues. Learn about human behaviour by listening to people or observing behaviour in a natural setting. Methods: qualitative interviewing, open-ended, relatively unstructured questioning, participant observation, sustained relationship with participant during normal, daily activities, focus groups, unstructured group interviews. Qualitative interview: relies on open-ended questions, follows a pre-planned outline of topics instead of fixed questions and response options, researcher engaged more actively in the interview, often longer than structured interviews, a conversation with a purpose . Interviewees should be: knowledgeable about the subject, open to talking, representative of the range of perspectives, selection should continue until saturation point, new interviews seem to yield little additional information. Q&a: questions planned around an outline, questions should be short and clear, follow-up questions are tailored to participant answers. Interviewer should try to develop a rapport with the interviewee. Two main types of neuroimaging: functional and structure.