Qualitative Methods (Methodology)

Sheridan, J., & Chamberlain, K. (2011). The power of things. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 8, 315-332

by Kerry Chamberlain

DOI:10.1080/14780880903490821

Qualitative research extensively utilises interviews to gain insight into the intricacy and texture of lived... more Qualitative research extensively utilises interviews to gain insight into the intricacy and texture of lived experience. However, there is growing recognition of the limitations of interviewing as a data-gathering method. Popular alternatives include a move to visual methods, such as photo-production, to enhance the interviewing process. In this paper we argue for the power of materiality in this process. We propose that material objects, such as photographs, items of clothing, personal journals, and such like, have power to simultaneously provide proof of the past, produce increased narrative depth, force change in narratives, and also change the interview process and the relationships caught up within it. We illustrate these issues by drawing on data from a research project about weight loss, We conclude by considering the implications and value of using material things in research.

Metodologi Ilmu POlitik

by Rolip Saptamaji

Tugas Kuliah

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Analyzing the Indicators and Requirements in Main Components of Enterprise Architecture Methodology Development using Grounded Theory in Qualitative Methods

by Edi Triono Nuryatno

Publish in 2011 Society of Interdisciplinary Business Research Conference on Interdisciplinary Business & Economics Research: "Advancing Knowledge from Interdisciplinary Perspectives", Proceeding available on http://www.ssrn.com/link/2011-SIBR-Conf.html and http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1676069

Publish in Journal Econometrics: Econometric & Statistical Methods – Special Topics e-Journal, Vol. 4, No. 48: July 1, 2011, available on http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1676069

Co-authored with Dr. Jaka Sembiring and Yudi S. Gondokaryono, Ph.D

Dr. Jaka Sembiring : http://ssrn.com/author=426351
Yudi S. Gondokaryono, Ph.D : http://ssrn.com/author=1675164

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Analyzing the Indicators and Requirements in Main Components of Enterprise Architecture Methodology Development using... more Analyzing the Indicators and Requirements in Main Components of Enterprise Architecture Methodology Development using Grounded Theory in Qualitative Methods

Many organizations apply EA as part of their IT management and planning activities. From their perspective, it would seem that EA should play an important role in strategic planning, IT-Business alignment and prioritization. They might see that right decisions means decision driven or guided by EA, and that right results mean using EA to assure that IT-Business projects do improve IT’s bottom line impact. Today we know the four top EA frameworks, which are often used in preparing the EA. The four top EA frameworks are the Zachman, Gartner, TOGAF and FEA. But in reality we have to be sure whether the four top EA frameworks can be directly adopted into organizations. To answer these questions, we conducted a study of the basic functions and staging in the development of EA in order to obtain certainty on the indicators and requirements in main components of EA methodology development.

We divide the research stage into 5 phases, where each phase will contribute in the form of research methods that will produce main components of indicators and requirements in EA methodology development. Our main research focus is as follows; find out the basic functions of an EA by using theoretical perspectives; find out what stage in EA development; find out the main components for the EA methodology development; perform gap analysis on EA methodology; find out the IT values in the EA methodology development; obtain the indicators and requirements in main components of EA methodology development. In this study we will use qualitative methods with a strategy of inquiry using grounded theory. This process involves using multiple stages of data collection and refinements and finding interrelationship of categories of information. Two primary characteristics of this method are the constant comparison of data with emerging categories and theoretical sampling of different perspective to maximize the similarities and the differences of information.

Keywords: Enterprise Architecture, IS/IT Strategy, Methodology, Grounded Theory, Qualitative Method

La Investigación Etnográfica En Psicología Evolutiva: Una Forma De Abordar La Relación Entre Mente Y Cultura

by Manuel Palomares

Aquí expongo históricamente la incorporación en la psicología del desarrollo de los métodos interpretativos y... more Aquí expongo históricamente la incorporación en la psicología del desarrollo de los métodos interpretativos y etnográficos. Éstos se rescataron para aportar luz a un debate no resuelto: el rol que el ambiente versus la herencia juega en el desarrollo humano. Esta incorporación ha tenido lugar junto con una serie de cambios en la forma de concebir dicho debate y, dentro de éste, en lo que se entiende por ambiente. En el proceso de incorporación he identificado tres fases diferenciadas por la forma de concebir el ambiente; primero entendido como un conjunto de factores externos, después como la ‘cultura’ entendida como un factor estático, y finalmente como la ‘cultura’ entendida como algo dinámico, heterogéneo, inestable, cambiante y describible sólo en términos locales y mediante métodos interpretativos y cualitativos. En la segunda parte de este trabajo, destaco las aportaciones epistemológicas, ontológicas y metodológicas que la etnografía ha hecho a la disciplina. Finalmente, en las conclusiones propongo la utilidad de clasificar la disciplina no sólo atendiendo a los objetos de estudio o a los marcos teóricos sino también a la forma de aproximarse a la génesis del conocimiento científico. Esto puede contribuir a que algunos de los puntos clave de la historia de la psicología sean identificados más claramente.
Palabras clave: Psicología cultural, etnografía, desarrollo humano, ciencias interpretativas.