Which of the following methods has been used by C. Geertz ?
Thick description
Clifford Geertz, the American interpretive anthropologist, set out his method in 'Thick Description: Toward an Interpretive Theory of Culture', the opening essay of 'The Interpretation of Cultures' (1973).
Borrowing the term from Gilbert Ryle (the wink versus the twitch), Geertz argued that ethnography must not merely record behaviour (thin description) but interpret the layers of meaning and context that make an action intelligible to the actors, as in his 'Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight'.
Participant observation is the general fieldwork technique of all ethnographers (Malinowski), while systematic observation and 'systematic description' belong to structured, quantitative observation; the method identified with Geertz is interpretive.
Hence, the answer is Thick description.
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.................... is the characteristic of qualitative research.
Recording of ................. in qualitative research is called as memoing.
Match List I with List II and give your answer using the codes given below :
List I (Grounded Theory) List II (Characteristic) (P) Wuest’s Approach (1) Substantive and Theoretical coding (Q) Glaser’s Classical Approach (2) Postcolonial criticism (R) Straussian Approach (3) Constructivism than discovery (S) Charmaz’s Approach (4) Feministic approach for Nursing (5) Open, Axial and Theoretical coding Codes :
(P) (Q) (R) (S)
Assertion (A) : Qualitative researchers do not contribute to the process of generalisation.
Reason (R) : Because qualitative researchers believe in understanding of phenomena through indepth, study as the essence of qualitative research.
Codes :
Which of the following is a characteristic of qualitative methods ?
Ethnography implies :
Which one of the following is not a principle of qualitative research ?
Which one of the following is not a characteristic of ethnographic research ?
A systematic methodology in the social sciences involving the construction of theories through methodical gathering and analysis of data, which operates inductively is ................
A situation where findings from multiple types of data, researchers or sources produce similar results, strengthening the credibility of the study is :
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- Which designs are systematic, qualitative procedures that researchers use to generate a general explanation and it leads to process, action or interaction among people?
- The central insight in phenomenological analysis is the ______
- Which research is a portrayal and explanation of social groups and situations in their real life contexts?
- Which is NOT a characteristic of qualitative research?
- Phenomenology is___
