How Things Work - Doha Academy of Tertiary Studies

240 Subject Index
Interpretation (cont.)
interviewing methods and, 97
observation and, 91
overview, 14, 31, 36, 150–156, 153f
progressive focusing and, 131
Interpretive data, 78, 81–82, 134, 191,
213, 219
Interpretive interactionism, 37, 38
Interpretive research, 36–38
The interventionist, 31–32
Interviewing, 2, 7–8, 63, 81, 95–97, 180
Intuition
bias and, 166
evidence-based decision making and, 120
final report and, 183
overview, 15, 77, 134, 201
personal experience and, 65
protection of human subjects and, 209
IRBs (institutional review boards), 206.
see also Review panels
Issues, 73, 137, 185, 188, 219
Item sampling, 99
Iteration
April boxes and, 83
final report and, 183–187, 184f, 186f,
191–192
overview, 105, 219
Journal
assertions and, 168
importance of keeping, 4
record keeping and, 99, 101–103
Judgment, 118–119. see also
Interpretation
Kitchen Stories film, 6, 86–87
Knowledge, clinical, 14, 198
collective, 17–19, 191
connected, 47
personal, 56
professional
concept map and, 108f
final report and, 191
overview, 13–17, 32, 158, 215
storytelling and, 175
scientific, 13, 114, 158, 191
Letter of consent, 208
Life stories, 204
Likert scale, 99
Linear attributes, 11, 58, 118
Literature review, 38, 104, 115–116
Liubchyk, 186
Macroanalysis
book definition of, 216, 219
macrointerpretation and, 39–40
overview, 18, 32
research questions and, 87
storytelling and, 182
Macrointerpretation, 39–40, 191, 192
Macroresearch, 18, 150–151
Making Social Science Matter (Flyvbjerg),
195
Marking Time (Rabinow), 113
Mastery learning, 131
Measurements
criterial description and, 61
final report and, 191
microinterpretation and, 39
personal experience and, 62
science and, 11
storytelling and, 182
Member check, 123, 126–127, 220
Methods of qualitative research
concept map and, 108f
interviewing as, 95–97
observation as, 90–95
overview, 19–20
planning, 77–78
research questions and, 72–77, 76f
Methods section, 88–90, 90–95
Mexico City, 32, 33–34
Microanalysis
book definition of, 216, 220
haptic sensitivities and, 137
microinterpretation and, 39
overview, 18, 32
Microinterpretation, 39–40, 191
Microresearch, 18, 150–151
Minicases, 83, 181
Mixed methods, 19, 87, 125–126, 220
Multidimensional scaling, 107
Multiple case research, 11, 175, 181–182,
210
Multiple Case Study Analysis (Stake), 175
Multiple realities, viewpoints
book definition of, 124, 162, 220
concept map and, 108f
final report and, 192
overview, 7, 16, 55, 66, 213, 214
personal experience and, 63