BLOG POST #6:
What about the reading (between pages 233 - 240) this week stood out to you? Write one phrase or passage here. Make sure to name the author.
How is the phrase/passage relevant to you? Why did it stand out?
Identify or explain one question or connection from the readings this week.
Last week, I read Cathy's blog and realized that she went into this week's reading instead. I wondered why I missed the term reflexivity like she did. It all makes sense now. The reading this week was an interesting one. I understand how meaningful my relationship to the topic I will be researching is essential.
A phrase that stood out was - when Maxwell wrote, "For qualitative research, this ignores the fact that most sampling in qualitative research is neither probability sampling nor convenience sampling, but falls into a third category: purposeful sampling ( Patton, 1990, 169ff.)
Purposeful sampling cares for the intention of particular settings, people, or events. These individual pieces offer more insight into the data we are collecting than their counterparts. An example of this source of sampling is interviewing a student who has been a part of my organization since 6th grade or an alumnus of the organization who has knowledge of attending our organization from 6th grade to completion of college. When reading Maxwell's Designing a Qualitative Study, I consider many factors of what I may test on in this course and the coming semester. Purposeful sampling works with a direct source.
One connection I would like to share is the distinction between organizational, substantive, and theoretical categories. For a qualitative study, it is only possible to hold room for some data while applying substantive and theoretical categories; things may get lost in the process, but organizational categories allow for a broad process in design. I would like to question how one includes all three in one study, because I may use this method in my project.
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