Chapter 21 Qualitative Research Design and Approaches Chapter 21 Qualitative Research Design and Approaches Copyright © 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Copyright © 2017...

Select a qualitative research design of your choice. Research the design using your assigned textbooks and other materials you found. Post the following about this chosen design:

• General description of the design


• Advantages and limitations of the design


• Specific practice example from published research using that design (include citation)

Chapter 21 Qualitative Research Design and Approaches Chapter 21 Qualitative Research Design and Approaches Copyright © 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Copyright © 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 1 Emergent Design Emerges in the filed as the study unfolds Flexible Plan for broad contingencies Pose decision opportunities for study design Copyright © 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Bricoleurs Creative and intuitive Array of data from many sources Holistic understanding Copyright © 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Overview of Qualitative Research Traditions #1 Anthropology (domain: culture) Ethnography; ethnoscience Philosophy (domain: lived experience) Phenomenology; hermeneutics Psychology (domain: behavior) Ethology; ecologic psychology Copyright © 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 4 Overview of Qualitative Research Traditions #2 Sociology (domain: social settings) Grounded theory; ethnomethodology Sociolinguistics (domain: communication) Discourse analysis History (domain: past events and conditions) Historical research Copyright © 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 5 Ethnography #1 Describes and interprets cultural behavior Relies on extensive, labor-intensive fieldwork Culture is inferred from the group’s words, actions, and products. Assumption: Cultures guide the way people structure their experiences. Seeks an emic perspective (insiders’ view) of the culture Copyright © 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 6 Ethnography #2 Relies on a wide range of data sources Product: an in-depth, holistic portrait of the culture under study Copyright © 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 7 Phenomenology #1 Focuses on the discovery of the meaning of people’s lived experience Descriptive phenomenology: describes the meaning of human experience Steps: bracketing, intuiting, analyzing, describing Interpretive phenomenology (hermeneutics): interprets human experience Copyright © 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 8 Phenomenology #2 Asks: What is the essence of a phenomenon as experienced by these people, and what does it mean? Four aspects of experience: lived space, lived body, lived time, lived human relation Main data source: in-depth conversations with participants Copyright © 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 9 Grounded Theory Aims to discover theoretical precepts about social psychological processes and social structures grounded in data Substantive theory: grounded in data on a specific substantive topic Formal grounded theory: a higher, more abstract level of theory based on substantive grounded theory studies Copyright © 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 10 Grounded Theory Studies Primary data sources: in-depth interviews and observations Data collection, data analysis, sampling occur simultaneously Constant comparison used to develop and refine theoretically relevant categories Copyright © 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 11 Historical Research Systematically attempts to establish facts about and relationships among past events Types of historical research Biographical history Social history Intellectual history Copyright © 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 12 Historical Data Typically written records (can be physical remains, photographs, interviews) Requires evaluation External criticism: authenticity of the source Internal criticism: worth of the evidence Often found in historical archives Can be primary source or secondary source Copyright © 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 13