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Part Two. Part Two. Research Approaches. Chapter 5: Qualitative Research Methods. Aims and Philosophy Data Analysis in Qualitative Research Analysis Techniques Reliability and Validity in Qualitative Data Field Observations Advantages of Field Observations
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Chapter 5: Qualitative Research Methods • Aims and Philosophy • Data Analysis in Qualitative Research • Analysis Techniques • Reliability and Validity in Qualitative Data • Field Observations • Advantages of Field Observations • Disadvantages of Field Observations
Field Observation Techniques • Choosing the Research Site • Gaining Access • Sampling • Collecting Data • Analyzing Data • Exiting
Focus Groups • Advantages of Focus Groups • Disadvantages of Focus Groups • Methodology Of Focus Groups • Define the Problem • Select a Sample • Determine the number of groups necessary • Prepare the study mechanics
Prepare the focus group materials • Conduct the session • Analyze the data and prepare a summary report • Examples of Focus Groups
Intensive Interviews • Advantages and Disadvantages of Intensive Interviews • Procedures • Examples of Intensive Interviews
Case Studies • Advantages of Case Studies • Disadvantages of Case Studies • Conducting a Case Study • Design • Pilot Study • Data Collection • Data Analysis
Report Writing • Examples of Case Studies • Qualitative Research and Ethnography • Writing the Qualitative Research Report
Chapter 6: Content Analysis • Definition of Content Analysis • Uses of Content Analysis • Describing Communication Content • Testing Hypothesis of Message Characteristics • Comparing Media Content to the “Real World” • Assessing the Image of Particular Groups in Society • Establishing a Starting Point for Studies of Media Effects
Limitations of Content Analysis • Steps in Content Analysis • Formulate the research question or hypothesis • Define the population in question • Select an appropriate sample from the population • Select and define a unit of analysis • Construct the categories of content to be analyzed • Establish a quantification system
Train coders and conduct a pilot study • Code the content according to established definitions • Analyze the collected data • Draw conclusions and search for indications • Reliability • Validity • Content Analysis and the Internet
Chapter 7: Survey Research • Descriptive and Analytical Surveys • Advantages and Disadvantages of Survey Research • Constructing Questions • Types of Questions • Problems in Interpreting Open-ended Questions
General Guidelines • Make questions clear • Keep questions short • Remember the purposes of the research • Do not ask double-barreled questions • Avoid biased words or terms • Avoid leading questions
Do not use questions that ask for highly detailed information • Avoid potentially embarrassing questions unless they are absolutely necessarily
Questionnaire Design • Introduction • Instructions • Question order • Layout • Questionnaire Length • Type of Survey • Pretesting
Gathering Survey Data • Mail Survey • Advantages • Disadvantages • Increasing Response Rates • Telephone Survey • Advantages • Disadvantages
Personal Interviews • Advantages • Disadvantages • Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) • Advantages • Disadvantages
Mail Interviews • Advantages • Disadvantages • Disk-By-Mail Surveys • Internet Surveys • Advantages • Disadvantages
Group Administration • Advantages • Disadvantages • Achieving a Reasonable Response Rate • General Problems in Survey Research
Chapter 8: Longitudinal Research • Types of Longitudinal Studies • Trend Studies • Cohort Analysis • Panel Studies • Blending Qualitative and Quantitative Data in Longitudinal Research
Longitudinal Research on the Internet • Longitudinal Design in Experiments
Chapter 9: Experimental Research • Advantages of Laboratory Experiments • Evidence of Causality • Control • Cost • Replication • Disadvantages of Experimental Research • Artificiality • Researcher bias • Limited scope
Conducting Experimental Research • Selecting the setting • Select the experimental design • Operationalize the variables • Decide how to manipulate the independent variable • Select and assign subjects to experimental conditions • Conduct a pilot study • Administer the experiment • Analyze and interpret the results
Control of Confounding Variables • Randomization • Matching • Including the Confounding Variables in the Design • Basic Experimental Designs • Pretest-Posttest Control Group • Posttest-Only Control Group
Solomon Four-Group Design • Factorial Studies • Other Experimental Designs • Quasi-Experimental Designs • Pretest-Posttest Nonequivalent Control Group Design
Field Experiment • Advantages of Field Experiments • Disadvantages of Field Experiments • Types of Field Experiments • Examples of Field Experiments