Qualitative research & evaluation methods

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Qualitative research & evaluation methods

01 Jan 2002-Iss: 1

TL;DR: In this paper, conceptual issues and themes on qualitative research and evaluaton methods including: qualitative data, triangulated inquiry, qualitative inquiry, constructivism, constructionism, complexity (chaos) theory, qualitative designs and data collection, fieldwork strategies, interviewing, tape-recording, ethical issues, analysis, interpretation and reporting, observations vs. perceived impacts and utilisation-focused evaluation reporting.

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Abstract: This book explains clearly conceptual issues and themes on qualitative research and evaluaton methods including: qualitative data, triangulated inquiry, qualitative inquiry, constructivism, constructionism, Complexity (chaos) theory, qualitative designs and data collection, fieldwork strategies, interviewing, tape-recording, ethical issues, analysis, interpretation and reporting, observations vs. perceived impacts and utilisation-focused evaluation reporting.

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Exploring CCS community acceptance and public participation from a human and social capital perspective

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Carmel Anderson¹, Jacqueline Schirmer¹, Norman Abjorensen¹•Institutions (1)

Australian National University¹

01 Aug 2012-Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

TL;DR: In this article, a case study of Australia's Otway Project is presented, where a human and social capital analysis of the Otway community is conducted to assess the public participation process of the project.

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Abstract: The delay or cancellation of energy infrastructure projects, such as wind farms and nuclear power plants and more recently carbon capture and storage (CCS) because of community resistance and poor public participation processes are well known. Yet, some communities accept these projects with relative ease. The term acceptance implies passivity and as such does not necessarily reflect community approval or support. If acceptance is passive, what are the characteristics of a community in which the acceptance of CCS is achieved with relative ease; and what best-practice public participation processes are most appropriate for it? This paper attempts to answer these questions through a case study of Australia's Otway Project. Qualitative research methods were used to conduct a human and social capital analysis of the Otway community. An assessment of the project's public participation process was made in light of that analysis. The study found that the community needed capacity-building to enable it to become well-informed about CCS; and to help it develop the negotiation skills necessary to have the proponent address its concerns about the project in a timely manner. An assessment of the Otway public participation process found that while it implemented the majority of best practice principles in public participation, it lacked an adherence to three: transparency, fairness and capacity. A mindfulness of all principles of best practice in public participation would have ensured a fairer and more transparent process.

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...(Lincoln and Guba 1985; Patton 2002)....
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Fostering an Ethic of Care in Leadership: A Conversation with Five African American Women

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Lisa Bass¹•Institutions (1)

University of Oklahoma¹

06 Nov 2009-Advances in Developing Human Resources

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the leadership of five educational administrators and teachers serving students of various levels, in a qualitative, exploratory, and multicase study that examines the leadership.

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Abstract: This article is a qualitative, exploratory, multicase study that examines the leadership of five educational administrators and teachers serving students of various levels. This study addresses the...

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...In searching for such voices, five African American women who actively practice an ethic of care in their educational practice were located through purposeful sampling (Patton, 2002)....
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...Selecting information-rich, caring educators provided a better opportunity to address the research questions for this study (Patton, 2002)....
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...The email interview transcripts were also read and reread to create codes and to form common themes (Patton, 2002; Strauss & Corbin 1998)....
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Portraying the practice of decision-making in requirements engineering: a case of large scale bespoke development

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Beatrice Alenljung¹, Anne Persson¹•Institutions (1)

University of Skövde¹

07 Oct 2008-Requirements Engineering

TL;DR: The decision situation of RE decision-makers on a subsystem level has been studied at a systems engineering company and is depicted in this paper.

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Abstract: Complex decision-making is a prominent aspect of requirements engineering (RE) and the need for improved decision support for RE decision-makers has been identified by a number of authors in the research literature. A first step toward better decision support in requirements engineering is to understand multifaceted decision situations of decision-makers. In this paper, the focus is on RE decision-making in large scale bespoke development. The decision situation of RE decision-makers on a subsystem level has been studied at a systems engineering company and is depicted in this paper. These situations are described in terms of, e.g., RE decision matters, RE decision-making activities, and RE decision processes. Factors that affect RE decision-makers are also identified.

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...The theoretical tradition that primarily influenced this work is constructivism, the premise of which is that the reality is socially constructed as a consequence of individuals interpreting their reality [12]....
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...The themes of the strategic framework for qualitative research [12] have permeated the design of our research process....
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...We used the snowball sampling technique [12] for locating information-rich informants....
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...After the interviews, the recordings were transcribed and a content analysis [12] was conducted....
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...This way a conversational style is established [12]....
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A faithful compass: rethinking the term restorative justice to find clarity

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Dorothy Vaandering¹•Institutions (1)

Memorial University of Newfoundland¹

12 Jul 2011-Contemporary Justice Review

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify the impact of this ambiguity on educators and find that an overemphasis on justice as fairness and individual rights has pulled the field off-course, and propose a broader understanding of justice, one in which justice is identified as honoring the inherent worth of all and enacted through relationship.

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Abstract: In the field of restorative justice (RJ) there is regular debate regarding the terms restorative and justice. In spite of efforts to come to a common vision, this ongoing discussion illustrates how theoretical and practical disagreements have resulted in RJ being characterized as ambiguous and inconsistent within the judicial context and beyond. Arising out of research conducted in an educational context, this paper identifies the impact of this ambiguity on educators. More importantly, however, it examines the term justice and discovers that an overemphasis on justice as fairness and individual rights has pulled the field off-course. What is needed is a broader understanding of justice, one in which justice is identified as honoring the inherent worth of all and enacted through relationship. If understood as such, the terms restorative and justice when paired serve as a much-needed compass needle that guides proponents of RJ in the field to their desired destinations.

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...…sounded like, and felt like on the ground, expanded to include an analysis of theoretical frameworks as I began to question my own understanding of RJ. Change in the researcher is not uncommon in qualitative studies that employ participantobservation (Denzin, 1978; Patton, 2002; Merriam, 1998)....
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...Change in the researcher is not uncommon in qualitative studies that employ participantobservation (Denzin, 1978; Patton, 2002; Merriam, 1998)....
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The lived experience of adult survivors of childhood cancer.

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Diana Prouty, Peggy Ward-Smith¹, C.J. Hutto•Institutions (1)

University of Missouri–Kansas City¹

01 May 2006-Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that a childhood cancer experience affects the life of each survivor, which results in specific health care needs, which is important as the number of survivors increases.

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...Phenomenologists build knowledge when they demonstrate phenomena as they occur from the perspective of the person(s) undergoing the experience (Patton, 2002; Polit & Hungler, 1999; Streubert & Carpenter, 1999)....
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