soc150 lec 5

emergent phenomena

Newly emerging topics or issues that researchers have not yet studied intensively

triangulation

Using one research method to evaluate or extend the findings derived from another method.

structured interviews

semi-structured interviews

unstructured interviews

-ask the exact same questions

-list of questions are prepared, able to deviate(interview guide)

-no lists of question

supplemental questionnaire

A survey form that a researcher asks a respondent to fill out before or after an in-depth interview. A supplemental questionnaire can cover basic demographic information that the researcher does not want to go over during the interview itself, or it can ask about sensitive or hard-to-remember details that a respondent may be better able to answer outside the interview.

network based referrals

using existing social networks to recruit people(also organizational referrals)

venue-based recruiting

Recruiting potential interviewees by posting about your study in offline or online spaces.

field jottings

Descriptive notes that researchers write—in a notepad or through more discrete means—while they are observing in the field or during an interview. Their field jottings supply the raw material that they later use to draft more formal field notes.

-convert into a field note(summary and description)

reflexivity

A self-reflective process that researchers engage in to understand how their own identity, beliefs, dispositions, actions, and practices may have influenced their research, especially the results they found.

positionality

our social position in society

focus groups

interview with a group based on a particular topic

-importance of moderator(overseeing the conversation)