Chapter 11: Collecting and Analyzing Data

1. An observer as participant is primarily an observer, but has some interaction in. the setting.
3. The intentional selection of individuals and sites to learn about or understand the topic at hand.
7. The use of outside individual to review and evaluate the final research project.
8. The conversation between the researcher and participants in the study.
9. The researcher may observe or interview participants and then ask them to recommend other individuals who they think would be beneficial to the study.
10. This approach is useful when conducting grounded theory research studies.
12. The development of a system of categorization.
14. _____ is established by examining the four criteria: credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability.
15. _____ may be structured, unstructured, or semistructured.
17. ____ can provide assistance as a tool for recording observations.
19. ____ is usually not a concern when collecting qualitative data.
20. The act of using other professionals who can help you reflect on the research by reviewing and critiquing your processes on data collection, analysis, and interpretation.

2. _____ focuses on the study of a person or site that is typical to outsiders who might be unfamiliar with a particular situation.
4. ____ is an process of using multiple methods.
5. This provides a sense of students' daily thoughts, perceptions, and experiences in the classroom.
6. This takes on several forms such as attendance records, test scores, discipline records, and etc.
11. The process of intermingling your own preliminary thoughts and interpretations with your notes.
13. This is a written observation of what you see taking place in a particular setting.
16. It is not uncommon to ___ survey qualitative research participants where they are asked to provide their individual responses to broad open-ended questions.
18. This gives the teachers the opportunity to maintain narrative accounts of their professional reflections of practice.