SWP 638 Lecture 1: Week 2 Lecture 1

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: SWP 638
• Professor: Peter Ferentzy

Document Summary

Differences between quantitative and qualitative research insider rather than outsider perspectives researchers situate themselves very close to the data or the issue, i. e. from that community or have experienced the issue (qualitative) Objectivity is out the door in qualitative. Not generalized interview each individual and try to understand the impact on the person contextual. Qualitative looks at the issue as a whole (emotionally, physically, spiritually etc. ) Depth rather than breadth it"s more concerned of going in depth with the data (qualitative) Depth of the response, i. e. only interview 10 people on a particular issue (qualitative) inductive rather than deductive. Qualitative is constantly evolving and changing depending on what you are researching. Qualitative analyzes, engages with all data (does not clean it up ) Broad questions, how did things come to be. How do we know something to be knowledge? . Paradigm: the framework/theory that informs how we perceive the world.