Learning the Concept of Researcher as Instrument in Qualitative Research

Autor/inn/en	Xu, Mengxuan Annie; Storr, Gail Blair
Titel	Learning the Concept of Researcher as Instrument in Qualitative Research
Quelle	In: Qualitative Report, 17 (2012), Artikel 42 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1052-0147
Schlagwörter	Qualitative Research; Researchers; Role; Experiential Learning; Graduate Students; Data Interpretation; Research Projects; Research Methodology; Courses; Foreign Countries; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Qualitative Forschung; Researcher; Forscher; Rollen; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Data evaluation; Datenauswertung; Forschungsvorhaben; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Kursangebot; Ausland; Kanada
Abstract	The authors describe the process whereby a student with a background in economics was guided to understand the central role in qualitative research of the researcher as instrument. The instructor designed a three-part mock research project designed to provide experiential knowledge of the enterprise of qualitative research. Students, as neophyte qualitative researchers, were guided to develop a sophisticated understanding of the necessity for congruence between the ontological and epistemological philosophical underpinnings of the research question, data collection techniques, and analysis. An example of the trail of analytic decisions one student made during analysis is included to show the complexity of qualitative analysis and interpretation. (Contains 3 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10