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ENGN2226 Week 2 Qualitative Process 2019 PDF
ENGN2226 Week 2 Qualitative Process 2019 PDF
2/ choose
1/ state research 3/ select
4/ collect
research and data sampling
data (R02,
question collection strategy
R05, T13)
(R01) method(s) (R07)
(R03)
7/ 5/ manage
determine 6/ validation and analyse
findings and (R07) data (R04
implications and R06)
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1/ Research Question
Question
Focus
Topic
Theme
1/ Research Question
• Research starts by posing a research task, or research
question
• As for problem definition your research question should
be specific but not prescriptive
• Your question needs to be appropriate for the scale and
scope of your research and resources available
• Best to start with a specific scope and then potentially
expand later, it is more difficult to reduce the scope at a
later stage
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3/ Sampling Methods
• can never capture an entire population
• hence use a “sampling method” to identify data sources
and potential participants
• common sampling methods include:
– convenience, based on time, effort, resources
– snowball, from participant introductions
– extreme-case, the most different data sources
– wide, greatest variation possible
– targeted, meeting specific criteria
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4/ Data Collection
• can use numerous data collection tools
4/ Data Collection
• research must always be undertaken ethically (see R05:
Research Ethics)
• for research involving humans, need to identify and evaluate
ethical considerations including:
– have the risks to participants been identified
– has the safety (physical and mental) been considered
– have participants provided informed consent
– what will happen with any data provided
• governed by the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in
Human Research (2007) - Updated 2018
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Questions
• avoid leading or loaded questions:
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Focus Groups
• interviewing two or more participants at the same
time
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5/ Data Analysis
13
Coding
theme 1 theme 2
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6/ Validity - Triangulation
• aim to validate data through the data sources and
approaches used
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6/ Validity - Process
• provide specific details on the process used
• have more than one person code part or all of the data
and then compare results
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