Trends, Issues, and Considerations

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Davidson
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Science Writing ◽  
Faculty Productivity ◽  
Research Teams ◽  
The Third ◽  
Team Research ◽  
Methodological Approaches

Trends, issues, and considerations are the topic of Chapter 5. Trends include the continuing increase of complex team research in qualitative research, which will be interdisciplinary and global. This research will take place in a world where “big data” reigns, while social science writing forms will continue to evolve. Three issues are taken up: the continued evolution of IRBs, governmental calls to archive qualitative research data, and issues related to the evaluation of faculty productivity. In the third section—considerations—the chapter looks toward the future, addressing, in particular, the qualitative/quantitative divide, as well as social justice considerations that are changing methodological approaches, and, finally, the important need to train rising researchers to be able to work productively on complex research teams.

scholarly journals Qualitative Research in Communication. Introductory Remarks

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol ◽  
Corina Daba-Buzoianu ◽  
Loredana Ivan
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Communication Practices ◽  
Methodological Approaches

<p>Questions regarding communication practices in everyday interactions and how people attribute meanings to the communication acts are issues frequently addressed by social-science researchers and practitioners. Qualitative research may reveal possible answers, as it tends to be concerned with meanings (Willig, 2013). This approach can also contribute to addressing social problems from a perspective that might complement other methodological approaches.</p>

scholarly journals Community’s Response Toward The Study Program Of Al-Qur’an Science And Tafsir

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-80
Author(s):  
Ali Sati ◽  
Anhar Anhar
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Community Leaders ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Study Program ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Social ◽  
Science And Research

The purpose of this study is to find out how the community's response is toward the study program of Al-Qur'an and Tafsir at IAIN Padangsidimpuan. This research is a qualitative research which in collecting data it uses a phenomenological approach. Data collected is based on inner perspective of human behavior. The main data sources of this study were from Muslim community leaders and were selected by purposive sampling domiciled in Padangsidimpuan. The results found that the community emphasized that the vision, mission and objectives of the development of the Study Program of Al-Qur'an and Tafsir were truly directed towards strengthening scientific and methodological competence in understanding and interpreting the Qur'an. According to the community, the urgent curriculum content was, first, the linguistics of the Qur'an. The second is the sciences concerned the intricacies and various aspects of the Qur'an, which is commonly called ‘ulum al-Qur`an. The third is about the sciences related to the interpretation of manhaj (an approach and methodology of interpretation) that is classical, modern and contemporary. The fourth is the sciences related to the intricacies and various aspects of the hadits which are commonly called ‘ulum al-hadits. The fifth is the sciences related to the philosophy of science and research methodology. The sixth is the sciences related to social science and nature. These aspects are useful for understanding the social and scientific aspects of the verses of the Qur'an.

Science, data, and case-studies under the Third Science Revolution: some theoretical considerations

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (27) ◽  
pp. 115-132
Author(s):  
Artur Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Big Data ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Human Action ◽  
Considerable Improvement ◽  
Science Data ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
The Third ◽  
Theoretical Considerations

The Third Science Revolution described by Kristian Kristiansen (2014) has been openly embraced and is currently underway in archaeology. It has brought considerable improvement in terms of scientific methods and approaches, but at the same time, it brings with it the risk of transforming archaeology into something that is methodologically uniform, inflexible, and oversimplified, or in other words, a methodologically monistic discipline. This is particularly evident when it comes to Big Data: the Third Science Revolution has inaugurated a new understanding of data, one that reduces archaeological reality exclusively to those elements that are quantifiable. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate that archaeology needs to go beyond Big Data, and the Third Science revolution in general, and embody qualitative research. This can be done by incorporating methods and theories from history and anthropology that contextualize the purposeful character of past human action. This requires (re)embracing case-study research, but also recognizing a meaning of ‘case-study’ that has been largely ignored: as a paradigmatic example of a Zeitgeist - a context where different institutions, power relations, and ideologies are all entwined.

Local Chinese Dialects and Toponymity of Chinese Streets in Sibu, Sarawak

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wong Ling Yann ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Structural Formation ◽  
The Third ◽  
Qualitative Research Methodology ◽  
History Of ◽  
Chinese Dialects ◽  
Historical Comparative ◽  
The City

This paper aims to explore into the categories, structural formation, syllables and alphabetic characteristics of the naming of Chinese streets in Sibu, Sarawak. Sibu is the third biggest city in Sarawak, is also called “New Foochow” or “Little Foochow”. The Foochow people is one of the main ethnicities in Sibu. The Foochow culture and dialect play an important role in developing the history of Sibu. One of the significant influences of the Foochow culture and dialect towards the history of Sibu is the naming of the city streets in Chinese. This study adopts a qualitative research methodology to collect and analyse research data, where a historical comparative study is adopted to study the naming categories, the structural formation, syllables and alphabetic characteristics of the Chinese streets in Sibu.

Writing Across Boundaries: reflections on the place of writing in doctoral research training for social scientists

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bob Simpson ◽  
Robin Humphrey
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Research Training ◽  
Qualitative Research Methods ◽  
Science Writing ◽  
Considerable Effort ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Doctoral Research

In the training of doctoral researchers in the use of qualitative research methods, considerable effort goes into preparation for fieldwork and the collection of data. Rather less attention, however, goes into what happens when they have collected their data and begin to make sense of it. In particular, relatively little attention has been paid to the ways in which doctoral researchers might be supported as they begin to write using qualitative data. In this article we report on an inter-disciplinary project that set out to develop research training for qualitative researchers who had completed their fieldwork and were about to embark on writing their theses. An important issue in the delivery of this training was the question of boundaries - disciplinary, academic, technological and personal - and how these might be productively negotiated in the quest for good social science writing.

scholarly journals Applying Innovative Qualitative Methods to Understand the Perspective of Vulnerable and Diverse Populations

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 564-565
Author(s):  
Martina Roes ◽  
Chaya Koren
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Diverse Populations ◽  
The People ◽  
Research Theme ◽  
Methodological Approaches

Abstract The application of a variety of innovative qualitative research methods and analysis as well as the possibilities it offers for the selected population to share their personal experience is the main focus of this symposium. We present the relationships between design, methodological approaches and themes of interest for the people who participate in research. The presenters used designs such as ethnographic field research or phenomenological designs. The used photos taken and analyzed by the participants; using photo-voice and tabletop exercise. All speakers will present their designs and methods linked to a specific research theme. Using examples of recent and highly innovative research practices which meaningfully challenge taken-for-granted assumptions in social science and care research, to open new ground for other ways of thinking about doing research in these fields. Goal for the discussion is a critical reflection of the designs and methods used and to provide take away messages

scholarly journals Qualitative investigation in explainable artificial intelligence: A bit more insight from social science

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Johs ◽  
Denise Agosto ◽  
Rosina Weber
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
User Studies ◽  
Qualitative Investigation ◽  
Explainable Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Collection Methods

We present a focused analysis of user studies in explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) entailing qualitative investigation. We draw on social science corpora to suggest ways for improving the rigor of studies where XAI researchers use observations, interviews, focus groups, and/or questionnaires to capture qualitative data. We contextualize the presentation of the XAI papers included in our analysis according to the components of rigor described in the qualitative research literature: 1) underlying theories or frameworks, 2) methodological approaches, 3) data collection methods, and 4) data analysis processes. The results of our analysis support calls from others in the XAI community advocating for collaboration with experts from social disciplines to bolster rigor and effectiveness in user studies.

scholarly journals Procedural Fluency from the View of Students of Mathematical Disposition Level through Google Classroom Assisted Learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rizki Nurhana Friantini ◽  
Rahmat Winata ◽  
Pradipta Annurwanda
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Problem Solving ◽  
Research Data ◽  
The Other ◽  
Research Subjects ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Procedural Skills ◽  
The Third ◽  
Procedural Fluency

This study aims to describe procedural fluency in solving problems for students of the Mathematics Education Department at the STKIP Pamane Talino who obtain high and low mathematical dispositions through learning assisted by Google Classroom. This research is a qualitative research. The research subjects were two students in the third semester. Subjects were selected by purposive sampling. The research data was obtained by tests and interviews, and the validity of the data was obtained by using the triangulation method. The techniques of data analysis were trough: 1) classifying data into three indicators of the smoothness of the procedure; namely: a) implementing procedures appropriately, b) selecting and utilizing procedures, c) modifying procedures, then reducing data that are not included in the 3 indicators; 2) presenting data in a narrative; 3) concluding the procedural fluency obtained from the indicators of procedural fluency in problem-solving steps. The results of the high mathematical disposition analysis showed that students had excellent procedural skills because they could apply procedures appropriately. They were able to select and utilize procedures accurately, and were able to apply procedures properly and flexibly. In the other side, the students with low mathematical disposition, they had poor procedural skills because even though they were able to apply the procedure, choose, and use the procedure appropriately, they still could not comply with the procedure appropriately and accurately for they answered all the questions incorrectly.

scholarly journals Documenting Sea Change

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 82-99
Author(s):  
Kathleen M. Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Data Infrastructure ◽  
The Third ◽  
Ocean Governance ◽  
The Arts ◽  
Ocean Sciences ◽  
The Relationship

This review examines social science and practitioner literature regarding the relationship between ocean sciences big data projects and ocean governance. I contend that three overarching approaches to the study of the development of ocean sciences big data techne (the arts of data creation, management, and sharing) and data technologies can be discerned. The first approach traces histories of ocean sciences data technologies, highlighting the significant role of governments in their development. The second approach is comprised of an oceanic contribution to the study of ontological politics. The third takes a human-social centered approach, examining the networks of people and practices responsible for creating and maintaining ocean sciences big data infrastructure. The three approaches make possible a comparative reflection on the entangled ethical strands at work in the literature.

scholarly journals What's [Yet] to be Seen? Re-Using Qualitative Data

2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 27-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth B. Silva
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Academic Careers ◽  
Social Science Knowledge ◽  
Academic Context ◽  
Use Of Data ◽  
Professional Careers ◽  
Research Material

This paper considers current debates about re-using qualitative research data by reflecting on its implications for the nature of social science knowledge created in this process and the ways in which the disclosure of researchers’ practices are linked with the making of professional academic careers. It examines a research project using two different approaches – a ‘virtual’ and a ‘classic’ ethnography – to argue that issues concerned with re-use of data depend on the methods employed and the overall processes of investigation. The paper argues for an appreciation of the contexts involved in the generation of research material which takes into account both the development of the study and related fieldwork processes as well as the academic context in which knowledge is produced, particularly those involved in the construction of academic selves and professional careers, which are part of a wider situation bearing upon scientific enquiry.

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