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The Researcher As Autobiographer: Analysing Data Written About Oneself, Colleen Tenni, Anne Smith, Carlene Boucher

The Qualitative Report

This paper explores some of the issues that arise when one is dealing with data that has been produced by the researcher about their own experience. In particular, we are interested in exploring the ways that researchers can go about analyzing autobiographical data. Many researchers produce data that is autobiographical. Ethnographers produce field notes. Action Researchers often write about their own practice. Phenomenologists, sociologists and historians may write narratives that are autobiographical. There is a growing trend for researchers working in a range of settings to view themselves simultaneously being both a subject (or the subject) and a researcher. Data …

Qualitative Research - Airy Fairy Or Fundamental?, Adri Labuschagne

The Qualitative Report

For many scientists used to doing quantitative studies the whole concept of qualitative research is unclear, almost foreign, or 'airy fairy' - not ' real' research. Clinical scientists sometimes find it difficult to accept this research method where the generation of hypotheses often replaces the testing thereof, explanation replaces measurement, and understanding replaces generalisability. Since qualitative research is becoming a prominent tool in medical research, it will be worthwhile to have a closer look at what it is and how it works.

"We're Just Friends": Myth Construction As A Communication Strategy In Maintaining Cross-Sex Friendships, Vickie Harvey

The Qualitative Report

The main goal of this research is to present a narrative description and identify categorical myths of cross-sex friendship in order to more fully understand the romance challenge confronting women and men in friendship. Closer examination into the challenges confronting cross-sex friends through narratives generate insight into the process of communication and interpretation of how friends construct, change and sustain their reality of their friendship. Current research suggests that cross-sex friendships differ from same-sex friendships (Werking, 1997). Respondents were 120 college students from a Midwest college and a West Coast college attending communication classes between 2000-2002. Respondents kept a journal …

Beginning On-Line Delphi Ethnographic Research: The Bolder Method, Jeffrey K. Edwards

The Qualitative Report

The use of the Internet to gather data, produce and report research has changed the face of the fields of education and research. This paper will present a method for combining electronic on-line media and Delphi methodology to begin the process of ethnographic research with participant inclusion, informed consent, data gathering by discourse facilitation, and preparation for coding. The use of a reflecting team by the research group provides impetus for second round responses by participants. Methods, format, a case study and an evaluation of the process will be presented.

Bridge Over Troubled Waters: End-Of-Life (Eol) Decisions, A Qualitative Case Study, Kate Callahan, Nancy Maldonado, Joan Efinger

The Qualitative Report

This case study investigated the psychological and emotional experiences of nine health care professionals who attended a Five Wishes seminar, designed to acquaint participants with thinking holistically about death. All the self-selected participants had experienced the death of a loved one and indicated they were able to discuss death issues. Data collection included interviews, observations, physical artifacts, and the Five Wishes documents. Content analysis was the central technique used to identify themes. Findings indicated participants attended the EOL seminar to share information with their colleagues and patients; the information also interested them personally. However, facing death and making EOL care …

Medical Education Digest, Vol. 5 No. 3 (May 15, 2003), Nova Southeastern University

Medical Education Digest

No abstract provided.

2003 Commencement - 27th Annual Law Center Commencement, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

2003 Commencement Ceremonies - Farquhar College Of Arts And Sciences, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

2003 Law Commencement, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Call To Action To Elders Worldwide: The Need To Highlight Their Abilities, Wisdom, And Compassion As Citizen Diplomats, And Leaders For Social Change, Florence Ross

Peace and Conflict Studies

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Kofi Annan (1999), the Secretary-General of the United Nations, noted that, “A Society for All Ages is one that sees elders as both agents and beneficiaries of development. It honors traditional elders in their leadership and consultative role in communities throughout the world.” Older persons are among the world resources most often unseen and overlooked. It therefore becomes necessary to raise the consciousness of older people to their changing role in American and global societies to ensure fulfillment in their eldering years. Prior prejudice against elders has prevented inclusion of their enormous potential, of their accumulated experience and wisdom. …

Intergroup Conflict Reduction Through Identity Affirmation: Overcoming The Image Of The Ethnic Or Enemy “Other”, Thomas Boudreau

Peace and Conflict Studies

This paper first argues that a conflict between groups can be lessened by the explicit affirmation by one group of the other group’s identity, including its past pain, defeats and collective losses, when appropriate. A model of group affirmation is then proposed, consisting of: Leadership, Recognition, Validation and the Transparency of Future Time. The groups involved can be ethnic or national in scope. This model is defined in terms of another possible ARIA model to be added to the one already proposed, though quite different in content, by Jay Rothman (1997). Limitations concerning the use of this model are discussed …

Back Matter, Peace And Conflict Studies

Peace and Conflict Studies

No abstract provided.

Volume 10, Number 1 (Spring 2003), Peace And Conflict Studies

Peace and Conflict Studies

No abstract provided.

Newspeak: When Words Can Kill, Stephen R. Levitt

Humanities and Politics Faculty Articles

No abstract provided.

The Knight Orientation 2003, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

Orientation summer 2003

The Knight Volume 13: Issue 8, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Reframing Involuntary Population Displacement And Resettlement—The Case Of The Palestinian Refugees: Causes, Consequences, And Prospects For An Impoverishment Process Reversal, Ariella Vraneski

Peace and Conflict Studies

The Palestinian refugees issue is at the core of the Arab-Israeli multi-faceted conflict. This paper relies on a study which investigated the multi-level complexity of the Palestinian refugees case to identify the causes and consequences, and some prospects for its resolution. The study analyzed and compared frames and narratives used by the different parties at several stages of the investigated case, and also integrated lessons from two kinds of involuntary migration. During the Israeli/ Arab peace process, a transformation from exclusionary narratives and one dimensional “either/ or” solutions into a multi-optional synergistic environment was evident. The parties’ frames changed again …

Front Matter, Peace And Conflict Studies

Peace and Conflict Studies

No abstract provided.

Com Outlook Spring 2003, College Of Osteopathic Medicine

COM Outlook

No abstract provided.

Restoration Of Coral Reef Habitats Within The National Park System, Jim Tilmant, Linda Canzanelli, Rick Clark, Richard Curry, Bruce Graham, Monika Mayr, Alison L. Moulding, Robert Mulcahy, Shay Viehman, Tamara Whittington

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Proceedings, Presentations, Speeches, Lectures

No abstract provided.

At Your Service - Spring 2003, Nova Southeastern University

Business Services: At Your Service

No abstract provided.

Spring 2003, Nsu Oceanographic Center

Currents

No abstract provided.

Medical Education Digest, Vol. 5 No. 2 (March 15, 2003), Nova Southeastern University

Medical Education Digest

No abstract provided.

The Knight Volume 13: Issue 7, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

John B. Anderson Distinguished Visiting Chair In Public Interest Law 2003, Nova Southeastern University

Shepard Broad College of Law Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

2003 Nsu Fact Book, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Fact Book

This 11th edition of the Nova Southeastern University Fact Book reflects expanding body of data and information that provides perspective on the university's character, growth, and accomplishments. The 2003 Fact Book continues to provide narrative, numeric, and graphic representation of the university, including history, characteristics, and developments of the institution, Data are presented in both tabular and graphic formats tp provide pertinent detail, and general trends highlighted.

The Knight News Volume 13: Issue 5, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Medical Education Digest, Vol. 5 No. 1 (January 15, 2003), Nova Southeastern University

Medical Education Digest

No abstract provided.

The Knight Volume 14: Issue 9, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Com Outlook Winter 2003, College Of Osteopathic Medicine

COM Outlook

No abstract provided.