CRIM 321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Focus Group
11 Apr 2018
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Research questions should appear in question format. Minimal risk requirements (how is it minimal risk) Coding no pre-set categories patterns and themes emerge. Oral consent should not be audio recorded. Make sure you have correct info on consent forms. Miner: knowledge as buried treasure, miner unearths valuable metal (positivism) Journey wandering thru landscape: reconstruct what we see and hear as stories to be told (post-modernism) The interview interview continuum: completely structured to completely unstructured adopt middle approach, semi-structured interview, structure, purpose, allows for flexibility interviewing is a craft; when done exceptionally well becomes an art. Oral history focus group conceptualizing interviews topic lived world of participants & their relation to it. Meaning: describe/understand central themes interpret what is said. Description: obtain & capture accurate description (not to start with why, ask what and how first) specificity, descriptions of specific situations/behaviours.
