journal article Jun 01, 2006

Research in Constructivist Frameworks Using Ethnographic Techniques

Library Trends Vol. 55 No. 1 pp. 83-101 · Project MUSE
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Abstract
This article discusses the undertaking of research using a constructivist philosophical framework and ethnographic techniques, which can include individual interviews, focus groups, observation, and questionnaires. It begins with a broad overview of social sciences research philosophy, discussing both positivism and interpretivism, before moving on to focus on the constructivist paradigm, which comes under the interpretivist umbrella. The section on ethnography follows and includes sampling, data collection techniques, and data analysis. Examples from the author's work are used to illustrate both philosophy and method. They are from the author's studies of the information-seeking behavior of, firstly, women with breast cancer and, secondly, online investors.
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Published
Jun 01, 2006
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55(1)
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83-101
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Kirsty Williamson (2006). Research in Constructivist Frameworks Using Ethnographic Techniques. Library Trends, 55(1), 83-101. https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2006.0054
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