Theoretical issues in participant observations: INTERPRETIVISM
The interpretivism's views of participant observations.
- Created by: Sian
- Created on: 09-03-13 14:07
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- interpretivism: participant observation
- Validity
- higher level of involvement than with any other method
- The researcher experiences the life of the group first hand
- Allowing people close to the reality of the groups life.
- This allows a deep subjective understanding producing valid, insightful data
- Allowing people close to the reality of the groups life.
- This allows a deep subjective understanding producing valid, insightful data
- Gives us more of a valid picture than the 'snapshots' taken by interviews or questionnaires
- Flexibility and grounded theory
- Glaser and strauss (1968):- argue that entering without a pre-formed hypothesis or questions researchers can develop and modify their ideas
- Grounded theory
- Concepts, categories, and hypotheses are grounded in the observed realities
- Rather than imposed on the data by the researcher
- Concepts, categories, and hypotheses are grounded in the observed realities
- spending length times means actors meanings can be seen whilst they develop.
- Validity
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