Match the following terms with their definitions/descriptions:

Question

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Interpretive analysis

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Temporal nature

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Hermeneutic circle

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Use of expressive language

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Researcher as instrument

A.
Documenting the verbal and non-verbal language of participants and the analysis of such language are integral components of interpretive analysis.

B.
Researchers are often embedded within the social context that they are studying, and are considered part of the data collection instrument in that they must use their observational skills, their trust with the participants, and their ability to extract the correct information.

C.
Interpretive research is often not concerned with searching for specific answers, but with understanding or “making sense of” a dynamic social process as it unfolds over time.

D.
Interpretive interpretation is an iterative process of moving back and forth from pieces of observations (text) to the entirety of the social phenomenon (context) to reconcile their apparent discord and to construct a theory that is consistent with the diverse subjective viewpoints and experiences of the embedded participants.

E.
Observations must be interpreted through the eyes of the participants embedded in the social context.

Answer 1

Here are the matched terms and their definitions/descriptions:

• Interpretive analysis
  A. Documenting the verbal and non-verbal language of participants and the analysis of such language are integral components of interpretive analysis.

• Temporal nature
  C. Interpretive research is often not concerned with searching for specific answers, but with understanding or “making sense of” a dynamic social process as it unfolds over time.

• Hermeneutic circle
  D. Interpretive interpretation is an iterative process of moving back and forth from pieces of observations (text) to the entirety of the social phenomenon (context) to reconcile their apparent discord and to construct a theory that is consistent with the diverse subjective viewpoints and experiences of the embedded participants.

• Use of expressive language
  E. Observations must be interpreted through the eyes of the participants embedded in the social context.

• Researcher as instrument
  B. Researchers are often embedded within the social context that they are studying, and are considered part of the data collection instrument in that they must use their observational skills, their trust with the participants, and their ability to extract the correct information.