EPSY 363 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Thick Description, A Priori And A Posteriori, Unstructured Interview
11 Mar 2020
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A form of social inquiry that focuses on the way people interpret and make sense of their experiences and the world in which they live . The researchers are the key instrument of data collection through engagement with participants. Words and images are the means for communication. Data comes in the form of rich, thick, description . Collected in natural settings researcher goes to where the thing happens rather than trying to recreate the environment in a synthetic experiment setting. Rather than it being collected through a survey they. Researchers are key instrument of data collection field notes, observations, interview transcript etc. send out etc. It is the selection of a person or group to study. Qualitative researchers term those they are studying as actors. Information rich samples; typically small in size. Purposive sampling: the deliberate process of selecting an appropriate setting and people for inquiry. Extreme samples: extreme or marginal settings or actors.
