SOCB05H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Content Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Participant Observation
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Qualitative research can be changed over time. Much of the process is embedded in the writing and reporting of results. Can look at a particular case in a variety of ways. When sampling, ensure you are selecting individuals or cases that best illustrate phenomena you are seeking to study. Mazimize the ability for participants to have a strong voice. Produce large amounts of data that will be focused on after collection is finished. Stages that were distinct in quantitative research are blended in qualitative research. Progress back and forth to give the best description of what is going on. What the researcher perceives given his own preconceptions and values. Take detailed notes on the venue, the people, the interactions, social relations among participants. Consider the reactivity of how your non-participant status might affect how others might act. Prepare a printed statement from your reb on your research goals in case anyone asks. Distinction between research and participant is blurred.
