Qualitative Data Analysis

Chambliss & Schutt include these 2 standpoints on qualitative data analysis
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Chambliss & Schutt include these 2 standpoints on qualitative data analysis
traditional (positivist), hermeneutic (postmodern)
2 standpoints: this perspective is that data analysis creates a rich and nuanced way of understanding objective reality
traditional (positivist)
2 standpoints: this perspective is that any observation has many interpretations, none of which are objectively correct
hermeneutic (postmodern)
2 standpoints: they share an ______ focus upon the terms, understandings, and points of view of the research participants
emic
2 standpoints: the opposite of an emic focus is an ______ focus, meaning the researcher understands their findings in terms of their own concepts and categories
etic
In qualitative data analysis, the unit of analysis is one or more whole _______, not aspects of them
cases
Changing or narrowing one's research questions as data analysis proceeds
progressive focusing
Components: _______ collection
data
Components: conceptualizing and coding, which are _______, meaning they happen as research proceeds
inductive
Components: researchers do not define a _______ scheme in advance and apply it to the data, but identify it as they go along
coding
Components: examining ________ with tables, flowcharts, etc.relationshipsComponents: authenticating conclusions, or the _______ of a projectvalidityQualitative validity is __________, an understanding that fairly reflects the perspectives of the social actorsauthenticity_______ ________ are a challenge to authenticity- do people behave the way they would have done in your absence? Are they telling you what you want to hear?reactive effectsTest of authenticity: can you explain _________ knowledge, the things that your subjects take for granted and perhaps cant even explain for themselves?tacitComponents: ________, when a researcher practices self-awarenessreflexivityQualitative data analysis takes the ________ theory approach, just like ethnographers who begin their study with loose theoretical expectationsgroundedFlavors of qualitative analysis: _________ analysis- analyzing the stories people tellnarrativeFlavors of qualitative analysis: _________ sociology- analysis of data like photos or videosvisualFlavors of qualitative analysis: __________ analysis- studying the meaning in the micro details of how people talk to one anotherconversationMixed methods are key, including ________- the process of investigating the same problem through more than one mode of researchtriangulation