Qualitative and Quantitative Methods - Definitions

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Case studies
Detailed explanation of a single event
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Observation
The researcher stands outside the group and attempts to see the world through the subjects' eyes
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Unstructured interviews
Questions are informal and open-ended; they are merely to guide the interview in the right direction. Respondents can answer freely
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Semi-structured interviews
Contain both open and closed questions; can gain both factual information and attitudinal information
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Personal doctuments
Letters or private diaries which detail a person's thoughts or feelings of a single event
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Focus groups
Groups of interviewees are guided in their discussion by a facilitator who asks questions at appropriate intervals
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Longitudinal studies
A study carried out over a long period of time, generally researching the process of change
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Questionnaires/structured interviews
Set questions which the respondent can only answer in certain ways; can be either written (questionnaires) or asked directly (structured interviews)
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Statistical data
Can be either official (produced by/for the government) or non-official (not produced by/for the government)
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Content analysis
The study of sources such as newspapers, looking for patterns and trends in the representation of a particular group in that product
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Ethnography
The researcher immerses themselves in that which they are trying to study
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The researcher stands outside the group and attempts to see the world through the subjects' eyes

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Observation

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Questions are informal and open-ended; they are merely to guide the interview in the right direction. Respondents can answer freely

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Contain both open and closed questions; can gain both factual information and attitudinal information

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Letters or private diaries which detail a person's thoughts or feelings of a single event

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