Clarifying Qualitative Research: A Focus on Traditions

Jacob, Evelyn

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“…According to Patton (1987), qualitative methodology is essentially 'subjective' using an 'interpretivism' approach that incorporates the principles that 'people react to each situation differently and that they construct their own realities on how the world is viewed in their own context'. In this regard, qualitative research is seen as free from predetermined theories and questions, with questions and theories emerging after data collection rather than being posed before the study begins (Wiersma, 1995;Jacobs, 1988;Patton, 1987). The development of an appropriate research methodology, using gift giving in the context of symbolic interactionism, necessarily assumes that qualitative research can be clarified by recognising research comes in many different varieties.…”

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“…The development of an appropriate research methodology, using gift giving in the context of symbolic interactionism, necessarily assumes that qualitative research can be clarified by recognising research comes in many different varieties. Some writers have argued that 'a major source of confusion arises from discussing qualitative research as though it is one approach' (Jacobs, 1988 (Joy, 2001). For this study, focus group and interview techniques were utilised.…”

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The role of social power relations in gift giving on Valentine's Day

Rugimbana¹,

Donahay²,

Neal³

et al. 2003

J of Consumer Behaviour

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This study investigates motives for gift giving by young males on Valentine's Day and advances previous research on this ritual by controlling for the giving context (occasion and relationship). The study is consistent with previous work by Goodwin et al. (1990) which found that motivations based on obligation, self-interest and altruism do indeed exist. More significantly, however, this study points to the finding that individual motivations for the gift-giving ritual on Valentine's Day may be more intricately intertwined and have deeper manifestations in the perceived social power relationship between the genders. The study recommends that marketers delve beyond the immediate horizon of individual motivations and become even more acutely aware of the 'intrinsic social power messages' that arise from the conjoint influences of motivations. This would have great potential for marketing even more meaningful gift products to both givers and receivers.

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The role of social power relations in gift giving on Valentine's Day

Rugimbana¹,

Donahay²,

Neal³

et al. 2003

J of Consumer Behaviour

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“…The work of Jacob (1987Jacob ( , 1988 is important and has little to do with whether any given article fully reviewed the British work. It is critical because it is still not clear yet what is meant by the omnibus term "qualitative research," although it is clear that different persons engage in it with radically different assumptions (e.g., Lincoln & Guba, 1985;Miles &Huberman, 1984).…”

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Qualitative Research: A Response to Atkinson, Delamont, and Hammersley

Lincoln

1989

Review of Educational Research

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The recent publication of Jacob's second work on qualitative research traditions (1987) and the response from Atkinson, Delamont, and Hammersley (1988) have opened up an interesting set of questions for qualitative researchers. The original arguments by the latter, to the effect that focusing on traditions was not a useful way to proceed, and that Jacobs in any event ignored a large body of research (British) in her analyses, seem to me to be off the point. Jacob has answered those criticisms elegantly and succintly,

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“…This article was prompted by this observation, in combination with a series of striking examples in the literature. See Jacob (1988) for further discussion and clarification of this problem.…”

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“…This article explores this qualitative diversity and, in the process, dispels the myth of a homogeneous en terprise. (See also Fetterman, 1988b andJacob, 1988). Some of the most common approaches in the field-including ethnography, naturalistic inquiry, con noisseurship and criticism, and a few completely new qualitative approaches -are briefly discussed in this presen tation.…”

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Qualitative Approaches to Evaluating Education

Fetterman

1988

Educational Researcher

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Qualitative research qpproaches are part of the intellectual landscape in educational evaluation. The use of qualitative approaches in evaluation has been fruitful. Classic qualitative approaches, representing accepted innovations, include ethnography, naturalistic inquiry, generic pragmatic (sociological) qualitative inquiry, and connoisseur$hip/criticism. Metaphors and phenomenography represent novel approaches with roots in the classics. Efforts to establish standards commensurate with the mainstream of scientific inquiry serve to further institutionalize qualitative approaches, anchoring them in the fertile soil of educational evaluation. in the School of Education and an administrator at Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. He specializes in ethnography, qualitative inquiry, and evaluation.Foreword by Julian C. Stanley Fetterman provides a comparative picture of over 433 gifted and talented programs. The author's cross-cultural perspective points up the need for U.S. educators to shake themselves out of a national complacency about the gifted and talented. Focusing on issues of equal opportunity, ability, and achievement, the author provides new insights for educators, evaluators, and policymakers.

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Clarifying Qualitative Research: A Focus on Traditions

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The role of social power relations in gift giving on Valentine's Day

The role of social power relations in gift giving on Valentine's Day

Qualitative Research: A Response to Atkinson, Delamont, and Hammersley

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