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3. involves selecting cases based on a recommendation of an expert or key informant
6. involves selecting cases that illustrate or highlight what is typical, average, normal or representative
8. seeks to understand the rules, mechanisms, and structure of conversations and texts.
12. is the systematic collection and critical evaluation of data relating to past occurrences
14. involves selecting cases that meet a predetermined criterion of importance
15. is the way the members of the culture envision their world
17. provides opportunities for learning from the most unusual and extreme informants
18. is the outsiders’ interpretation of the experiences of that culture
19. is the information about the culture that is so deeply embedded in cultural experiences that members do not talk about it

1. involves selecting cases that will most benefit the study
2. focus on the cognitive world of a culture, with particular emphasis on the semantic rules and shared meanings that shape behavior
4. involves information-rich cases that manifest the phenomenon of interest intensely
5. involves selecting important cases regarding the phenomenon of interest
7. is a sociological and social-psychological tradition with roots in American Pragmatism
9. used when researchers need to have potential participants come forward and identify themselves
10. is the process of identifying and holding in abeyance preconceived beliefs and opinions about phenomenon under study
11. uses lived experiences as a tool for better understanding the social, cultural, political, or historical context in which those experiences occur
12. deliberately reduces variation and permits a more focused inquiry
13. are in-depth investigations of a single entity, which could be an individual, family, group, institution, community, or other social unit
16. are additional cases that fit researchers’ conceptualization and offer enhanced credibility, richness and depth to analysis and confusion