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Identify the data collection techniques used by Lenski et al. (2005) in this study. The researchers collected data by "learning about ethnography, conducting participation observation, making descriptive observations," conducting neighborhood observations, school site observations and interviewing participants.
Given the design of this study, do you think the students were participant observers or nonparticipant observers?
The students were participant observers because students and teachers were engaged in activities together.
How does this qualitative design differ from the quantitative designs that we have studied?
This design does not collect or analyze statistical data. The main method of data collection is the interview method. This is a one-on-one process of speaking to participants, asking questions, and receiving in-depth answers. The design is a type of examination: it looks in order to see more details and clarity regarding a process but it does not attempt to quantify the picture that emerges.
QUESTION 4
Six preservice teachers were selected as key informants in this study, and each was interviewed eight times. On the...
Note, however, these questions weren't the interview questions -- they are the outcome of the analysis. Given the goals of the study, what kinds of questions do you think the researchers asked in their interviews of the key informants Note that the answer to this question is not in the article; it requires you to think critically about the study goals and the techniques used in planning and conducting interviews.
The kinds of questions the researchers likely asked in their interviews may have focused on whether the participants felt they had gained any observational sense of their surroundings and whether they felt they could describe what they saw.
QUESTION 5
How does the qualitative analysis in this study differ from the quantitative analysis of previous studies?
Qualitative analysis differs from quantitative in this study in that the former locates and identifies themes, concepts and experiences so as to allow the researchers to describe a particular phenomenon. By locating common themes and understanding more deeply how the participants develop through personal experience, the data is…
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