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◉Who is the qualitative researcher? Answer: * main research tool
* views social phenomenon from all levels
* reflects on who he/she is in inquiry (during study)
*sensitive to own biography and how it shapes study
* uses complex reasoning
◉What are the skills of qualitative researchers? Answer: * different
perspective
*critically analyze situations
*recognize and avoid bias
*obtain valid and reliable data
*think abstractly
◉What is the purpose of qualitative research? Answer: * understand
nature of research problem
*themes and new research questions develop
*understand what is behind phenomenon
, *gain new perspectives
*details
◉Qualitative is _________? Answer: inductive (broad to narrow-->
observations develop/build theory)
◉What is a paradigm (or worldview)? Answer: *basic set of beliefs that
are brought to the research that guide inquiry
*evolve over time
*multiple paradigms used in qualitative
*make certain assumptions based on paradigms
◉What are the 6 types of paradigms? Answer: *positivism
*social constructivism
*advocacy/participatory
*pragmatism
*feminist inquiry
*critical inquiry
◉What is positivism? Answer: *views research as set of logically
related steps
*multiple reality of many participants as opposed to single
(large populations)