Enabling the emic voice: Culturometric methods for minimizing etic bias in qualitative sampling design and interview analysis
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Paper
Start Date
12-1-2017 10:15 AM
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12-1-2017 12:05 PM
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Jan 12th, 10:15 AM
Jan 12th, 12:05 PM
Enabling the emic voice: Culturometric methods for minimizing etic bias in qualitative sampling design and interview analysis
1053
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Qualitative research aims to enable the emic voice e.g. through seemingly unbiased designs such as ahistorical grounded theory. However in reality totally removing etic bias is an ideal that we can only try to approach. This realization has contributed to a more resigned qualitative research intention that identifies etic bias, e.g. as feminist, Marxist, queer, etc. and situates the research in relation to the defining values of the relevant bias. This presentation returns to the original ideal of enabling the emic voice by identifying two ubiquitous sources of etic bias (subject selection and interpretation of interview data) and offers two corresponding Culturometric methods (social-network sampling and enculturation-filter calibration) for approaching emic saturation. The two methods are introduced within the Culturometric paradigm for uncovering the emic meanings of cultural identity. The social-network sampling model is shown first and its use in approaching emic saturation in subject sampling is explained. Selection of ideal emic subjects for contrast interviewing and the logic of contrast interviewing are then briefly described to relate purposes of sampling to aims of interview analysis by positioning both within the uncovering paradigm. Lastly, the role of enculturation filters as used in the Culturometric communication model for qualitative interviewing is explained and examples of calibrating behavior to values are given to approach emic saturation in interview analysis. (217 Words)