Activities & Puzzles

Test your knowledge of key terms and methodologies with these activities and quizzes.

Puzzles

Mix and Match Puzzle: Do you know your methodologies? Match the research question to the methodology with this Mix and Match puzzle.

Word Search Puzzle: Put your knowledge of Qualitative Research terms to the test with this Word Search puzzle.

Definitions

As well as practising your knowledge using our handy set of flashcards, you can also use the activities below to get to grips with key terms.

Chapter 1: Introducing qualitative research

Write your definition of the following keywords from this chapter.  Check your responses against the glossary.

Paradigm; Qualitative research; Research question.

Chapter 2: Practical philosophy

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Constructivism; Critical Realism; Critical theory; Epistemology; Interpretivism;
Ontology; Paradigm; Philosophical position; Philosophy; Positivism; Postmodernism; Postpositivism; Reflexivity; Theory.

Chapter 3: Methodology and methods

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Data analysis; Data collection; Data generation; Data source; Fieldwork; Methods; Methodology

Chapter 4: Action research

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Action research; Critical realism; Participatory action research

Chapter 5: Discourse analysis

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Discourse analysis; Discourse tracing; Post structuralism; Structuralism

Chapter 6: Critical ethnography

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Critical ethnography; Fieldwork; Positionality,

Chapter 7: Grounded theory

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Constant comparative analysis; Constructivism; Constructivist; Grounded theory; Post-positivism; Symbolic interactionism.

Chapter 8: Historical research

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Artefacts; Documents; Historical research; Historiography.

Chapter 9: Case study

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Case study; Multiple case study; Unit of study.

Chapter 10: Narrative research

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Narrative inquiry; Narrative research; Story; Storytelling.

Chapter 11: Phenomenology

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Bracketing; Lived experience; Lifeworld; Phenomenology; Philosophy.

Chapter 12: The Research Proposal

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Proposal defense; Research plan; Research proposal.

Chapter 13: Quality in qualitative research

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Evaluation; Methodological congruence; Procedural precision; Quality; Researcher expertise; Rigour.

Chapter 14: New generation of qualitative research
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Evidence; mixed methods; causality; impact; utility; evidence translation

Authors: Jane Mills and Melanie Birks

Pub Date: January 2014

Pages: 288

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