如何做定性研究 qualitative research精编版课件.pptVIP

Qualitative data may be analyzed by a 3-part strategy: reducing the data coding the data synthesizing the data Qualitative Research:Data Analysis Read and re-read data, become engrossed in it. Identify themes: common, conflicting, minority Test themes across the data set, where are they common, under what circumstances are they found, not found. This sets the parameters on the interpretation and generalisation of data Get more than one person to analyse the data independently then together Demonstrate trustworthiness in data analysis Qualitative Research:Data Analysis The goals of qualitative research are to understand: Meaning Context Process Reasoning Qualitative Research13th of March Qualitative Research “You can learn a lot just by watching” MAKING SENSE OF OTHERS’ REALITY THE INTERPRETIVE PARADIGM The interpretive approach argues that research should explore “…socially meaningful action through the direct detailed observation of people in natural settings in order to arrive at understandings and interpretations of how people create and maintain their social worlds” (Neuman, 1997:68). We use “… methods that try to describe and interpret people’s feelings and experiences in human terms rather than through quantification and measurement” (Terre Blanche Kelly, 1999: 123). What to Observe or Study Behaviors or practices Episodes, common events (death, birth, etc.) Encounters –when groups or people interact Roles Relationship roles – mother/daughter; wife/husband, Therapist/disabled,… etc. Qualitative Research Goals Meaning: how people see the world Context: the world in which people act Process: what actions and activities people do Reasoning: why people act and behave the way they do Maxwell, 2005 Phases in Qualitative Research Conceptualize and plan studyUse literature,formulate study purpose or question, identify study site,settings where/how data collection will occur, participants and entrée to setting Start study with concurrent data c