Qualitative Research & Ethnography Flashcards
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When comparing ethnography and case study research, a key distinction is that ethnography:
Answer: Prioritizes cultural description and the meanings participants attach to their world
Ethnography centers on cultural interpretation and the holistic understanding of a group's shared meanings, whereas case studies can focus on any bounded unit across multiple data types.
A researcher uses triangulation by combining interviews, observation, and document analysis. The primary purpose is to:
Answer: Enhance credibility by cross-verifying findings across multiple data sources
Triangulation strengthens confidence in qualitative findings by checking whether patterns hold across different methods or data types.
In qualitative interviewing, a 'probe' is best used to:
Answer: Elicit deeper or more specific responses when an answer is vague or incomplete
Probes such as 'can you tell me more about that?' or 'what did you mean by…?' push for elaboration without leading the participant.
Positionality statements in qualitative research reports serve to:
Answer: Disclose how the researcher's social location and background may influence the inquiry
Positionality statements make the researcher's standpoint transparent so readers can evaluate how identity and assumptions may have shaped the research.
Which characteristic distinguishes autoethnography from other qualitative methods?
Answer: The researcher's own personal experience is the primary data
Autoethnography uses the researcher's lived experience as a lens to examine cultural, social, and political dimensions of their world.
A researcher presents findings at two different conferences and receives consistent feedback that the themes are unrecognizable and implausible. This threatens which quality criterion?
Answer: Credibility
Credibility (the qualitative analog to internal validity) refers to whether findings accurately represent participants' realities and are recognized as plausible by others.
In the context of qualitative data management, NVivo and Atlas.ti are primarily used for:
Answer: Organizing, coding, and retrieving qualitative data
NVivo and Atlas.ti are CAQDAS (Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software) tools that help manage and code large volumes of qualitative data.