Chat with AIExam 7: Action Research
A technique a researcher can use for informing stakeholders of information gathered that involves members of the same group or neighborhood gathering to explore interests or agendas is called___________.
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When is action research a good fit, and when should action research not be used?
(28) VerifiedAction research should not be used it the goal of the research is to draw comparisons between groups or organizations. The data gathered is not typically generalizable. Action research should not be used to simply describe or explore a situation, setting, set of events, or phenomenon. This type of research can be achieved more appropriately with an observational technique, sociometric survey, or in-depth interviews. Research questions in these areas seek to answer the questions, "What exactly are people in these settings doing?" and "How many people do things a certain way?" Action research is more suited to determine the concerns and problems as perceived by the population studied. The goal of the action researcher is to find a way to assist stakeholders in learning how to solve these problems. This is a more reflective type of study. However, the piece of action research in which the researcher reports back to the participants in the study can help fulfill ethical mandates and respect the work provided by the subjects in all types of research.
During analysis of collected data, which question(s) will the researcher ask to help establish the problems and issues, the things bothering the population, and the way these problems intrude on the lives of the people in the group?
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The action research phase in which the researcher creates a plan to improve the lives of the participants is called ___________.
(32) A type of action research with two goals. The first is to bring together book knowledge, or theory about a problem, with the actual real-world situation, or implementation of the problem. The second goal is to raise the collective consciousness of the practitioner by developing a social critique in which theory and practice come together. This is called the ___________.
(43) The group that is ultimately responsible for choosing a new plan of action for their lives based on the researcher's decisions is the ___________.
(42) Why is it so important to keep stakeholders informed in action research, and what are several ways the researcher can do this?
(39) Explain the ten descriptors that can help give action research a methodological focus.
(29) The phase of action research in which the researcher examines the data in relation to potential resolutions to the questions or problems identified during the first stage of the research process is called _________________.
(35) What are the main assumptions of action research regardless of which discipline uses the research technique?
(29) The type of sociology that shares many characteristics with action research is called _________________.
(33) The phase of photo research in which participants identify which images most accurately reflect their concerns and issues, and which photographs most accurately depict the world around them. This is called ___________.
(43) During analysis of collected data, which question(s) will the researcher ask to focus in on specific actors, events, and activities that relate to the problems or issues at hand?
(41) The phase of action research in which the researcher assists the people in the research population with examining their situation and recognizing their problems is ____________.
(33) What are the three modes of action research, and identify the key characteristics of each.
(41) Which research technique can be especially helpful when determining the problems that a group of stakeholders feel that they face?
(38) What is photovoice, and how does it fit in with past trends in ethnography?
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