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Qualitative Data analysis : An Introduction
Carol Grbich Chapter 1 : Introduction
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Qualitative research Characteristics: subjectivity has value (meaning the views of the participant and the researcher are to be respected and data and its interpretation will be constructed by both; power lies predominantly with the researched (who are viewed as being the experts on the research topic); an holistic view is essential (so the structures impacting on the setting such as policies, culture, situation and context need to be included); every study is time and context bound (so that replication and direct generalisation are unlikely outcomes).
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Best research areas Culture Phenomena ( intense experiences)
Structural processes (organisation) Historical changes (over time)
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Issues to consider prior to researching
Frames and framing The position and power of the researcher The position of the reader Research paradigms Design methodologies
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Frames and Framing extra textual frames – your accumulated knowledge of the world; intra textual frames – your internal framing devices of age, sex, socioeconomic class etc; inter-textual frames the interpretive frames (models and theories and concepts) from your discipline/s; and circum textual frames – involving contextual construction and your interpretation of the immediate situation or event.
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The position and power of the researcher
Researcher position Centred/decentred? Objective/subjective? Position of the reader Open or closed text?
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Research paradigms Realism/post positivism (expert researcher)
Critical theory (class, power and the location and amelioration of oppression) Interpretivism/Constructionism (symbols & signs in reality construction) Postmodernism and post structuralism (the questioning of ‘truth’ and ‘reality’)
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