Five Qualitative Approaches

Published on Nov 26, 2015

A brief overview of the five approaches to qualitative inquiry presented by Creswell (2013). Prepared for SWKD704, Multiparadigmatic Qualitative Research

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Five Qualitative Approaches

Broad Overview across Paradigms
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Narrative

  • Stories
  • Identity
  • Multiple data sources/Triangulation
  • Restorying
  • Autoethnography, life history, oral history
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Phenomenological

  • lived experiences of shared group
  • suspension of judgements/ "epoche"
  • bracketing
  • textural and structural descriptions
  • distill essence of phenomenon
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Grounded Theory

  • Process/action focus informs theory
  • Theory grounded in lived experiences
  • "memoing" essential to theory building
  • Theoretical sampling
  • Constant comparison and multi-level coding
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Ethnography

  • Behaviors and beliefs of a culture-sharing group
  • Researcher immersion
  • Field work, artifacts, and reciprocity
  • Thick description, cultural portraits, emic and etic
  • Key informants and cultural interpreters
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Case Study

  • Study of bounded systems
  • Multiple information sources/triangulation
  • Intrinsic, instrumental, collective/multiple
  • Purposive sampling
  • Extensive and multi-layered analysis

Paradigmatic Situation

  • Situated, not fixed
  • Methods vs. intent
  • Ethical considerations
  • Design through dissemination
  • Exemplars...
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