Exam 11: Making Arguments for Multiple Plausible Realities

Some researchers move back and forth between what they are observing and their descriptions and interpretations as a way to uncover emerging patterns of communication. This process is known as

When a researcher starts with observations and then derives claims about the communication being observed, then the researcher is using this type of reasoning:

A researcher makes a deliberate search for cases that do not fit interpretations tentatively made after a period of data collection and analysis and revises the interpretations based on the non-fitting cases found. The researcher has conducted a:

Reformist claims are most likely to be associated with which paradigm?

The three main warrants or standards for interpretive and critical research are:

A methodology used to develop theories by the systematic interplay between analysis and data collection is:

Imagine that your instructor has given you a qualitative research article to read. Discuss how you would determine whether the research has been conducted from an interpretive or critical approach. What are some key differences between interpretive and critical claims and arguments that you would focus on to make your determination?

A key informant is:

Unlike interpretive researchers, critical researchers:

When researchers use multiple data sources, settings, and data collection strategies in the same study to verify their findings or enrich the range of available subjective perspectives, they are using the process of

Which view of culture holds that members' understanding of "what is going on here" is the most useful and important understanding for the ethnographer to grasp?

Critical researchers attempt to increase their audience's awareness of this type of oppression:

When a researcher goes beyond merely describing practices and relationships to understanding what those practices and relationships mean to participants in a specific context, she has achieved this dimension or level of data collection to support her interpretive claim:

A researcher studies conversations that take place in women's support groups by attending support groups and interacting with the women. The source of evidence is:

An interpretive or critical researcher is likely to use this sampling method to select participants or texts:

Recognizing that perceptions of reality are as important as any reality that exists independent of human perception is a sign of

An interpretive content analysis likely differs in these ways from a quantitative content analysis:

Select one of the three main warrants of interpretive and critical research, and explain how an interpretive or critical researcher would go about establishing that warrant.

To collect data, a researcher immerses himself in a social situation so that he can understand the evidence as fully as possible. He is trying to capture:

This type of critical claim argues for the worth or importance of a social practice or communication behavior: