explain the strengths and weaknesses of qualitative data by Colette Rugman https://padlet.com/cru1/qualitativeqc strengths and weaknesses en-us 2019-06-17 09:20:23 UTC 2019-06-20 14:04:00 UTC hello@padlet.com Introduction - Define, show range of methods etc.. cru1 https://padlet.com/cru1/qualitativeqc/wish/368294601 Use item to shoe fully what question asks for in item ( 2 points ) ]]> 2019-06-19 11:38:30 UTC https://padlet.com/cru1/qualitativeqc/wish/368294601 Paragraph 2 cru1 https://padlet.com/cru1/qualitativeqc/wish/368294721 Explain overall strengths - range and use terms 

Use 2 studies to show 2 points per study ]]> 2019-06-19 11:39:36 UTC https://padlet.com/cru1/qualitativeqc/wish/368294721 Paragraph 3 cru1 https://padlet.com/cru1/qualitativeqc/wish/368294897 Explain overall weaknesses - range and use terms 
Use 2 studies to show at least 2 points per study ]]> 2019-06-19 11:41:16 UTC https://padlet.com/cru1/qualitativeqc/wish/368294897 Paragraph 2 https://padlet.com/cru1/qualitativeqc/wish/368303905 The main purposes of using qualitative data is that you can observe and measure human interactions and get further information than quantitive data would. This is because you can ask open questions and ask the partipants to elaborate on their answers, such as unstructured interviews, participant observation and focus groups. Additionally, the lack of structure lets the researcher cover the unpredictable and allows them to be taken on a journey led by the respondent.]]> 2019-06-19 12:48:31 UTC https://padlet.com/cru1/qualitativeqc/wish/368303905 qualitative data is data that focuses on words, meanings and social situations. Qualitative data is often linked with the interpretivist methodology, and examples of qualitative methods would be unstructured interviews, focus groups and participant observation. https://padlet.com/cru1/qualitativeqc/wish/368303910 2019-06-19 12:48:32 UTC https://padlet.com/cru1/qualitativeqc/wish/368303910 Some of the weaknesses of qualitative data is that it can't be measured, we can't compare it and often it is hard to generalise the data that you collect. Also, you will collect a lot of data with lots of detail, so it's difficult to edit and there is likely to be imposition in editing. https://padlet.com/cru1/qualitativeqc/wish/368304521 2019-06-19 12:52:58 UTC https://padlet.com/cru1/qualitativeqc/wish/368304521 Eileen Barker, the Making of a Moonie (strengths) https://padlet.com/cru1/qualitativeqc/wish/368304982
Eileen Barker used overt participant observation in the church of the Moonies, she wanted to fully immerse herself in their culture, such as arranged mass weddings and their religion. She used overt participant observation because she believed she could get further information if they were aware she was there, and ask about their culture. A qualitative method was useful here as if she had taken a quantitative approach, there would be a restricted amount of information, and she wouldn't be able to find out further information just by measuring the Moonies.]]> 2019-06-19 12:56:15 UTC https://padlet.com/cru1/qualitativeqc/wish/368304982 Eileen Barker - The Making of a Moonie - Weaknesses https://padlet.com/cru1/qualitativeqc/wish/368305087 Barker used overt participant observation, which meant that her participants knew that they were being studied. This might mean that they weren't truthful in their interviews with her because they might want to give socially acceptable answers. 


]]> 2019-06-19 12:56:56 UTC https://padlet.com/cru1/qualitativeqc/wish/368305087 Young Masculinities (strengths) https://padlet.com/cru1/qualitativeqc/wish/368306009 Frosh et al used unstructured interviews in focus groups to represent how boys think about their emerging masculine identities and develop a methodology for interviewing where boys felt they could speak freely and review and reflect on their views. Frosh used a stratified random sample. The benefits of using a qualitative approach is that a non-judgmental and comofortale atmosphere could be developed and by doing a second one, he could identify the contradictions, gaps and repetitions, making the overall research reliable.]]> 2019-06-19 13:02:16 UTC https://padlet.com/cru1/qualitativeqc/wish/368306009 Young Masculinities - Weaknesses https://padlet.com/cru1/qualitativeqc/wish/368306135 One weakness in this study is that it used a focus group. Focus groups are often hard to control, so it is likely that the conversation will have gone off of topic and some topics may not have come up because a group will be hard to direct. 
Also, some of the boys may have felt too intimidated to voice their own opinions in front of a big group, so there is a high chance that a lot of the boys copied other boys answers so that they fit in. This may have led to a lack of validity as the answers that the boys gave weren't truthful.]]> 2019-06-19 13:03:06 UTC https://padlet.com/cru1/qualitativeqc/wish/368306135