Week 1 - Basically Knowledge

I've learn some...not so complicated...words in class. Some of them pretty much have the same meaning. I have searched a few of the definition and these are the ones that I understand. Some of the definitions I found does not really make sense to me...

#1 : Cross-Disciplinary

Cross-disciplinary refers to knowledge that explains aspects of one discipline in terms of another. Common examples of cross-disciplinary approaches are studies of the physics of music or the politics of literature.

Date retrieve info: 29/10/12

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disciplinary#Cross-disciplinary)

#2 : Inter-Disciplinary

Inter-disciplinary means the study, or practice, of a subject which applies the methods and approaches of several disciplines. For instance, while History, Literature and Archaeology are separate disciplines, they can be combined.

Date retrieve info: 29/10/12 (http://europeanhistory.about.com/library/glossaryhist/bldefinterdisc.htm)

#3 : Trans-Disciplinary

Trans-disciplinary describes a study which runs across traditional subject boundaries such as arts and science.

Date retrieve info: 29/10/12 (http://www.answers.com/topic/transdisciplinary)

#4 : Qualitative Research

Qualitative Research generated outside the framework of a quantitative approach. Collected data is not subjected to formulaic analysis for the purpose of generating projections.

Date retrieve info: 29/10/12

 (http://www.investorwords.com/3993/qualitative_research.html)

Qualitative research is a method of inquiry employed in many different academic disciplines, traditionally in the social sciences, but also in market research and further contexts.

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 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualitative_research)

Qualitative research is a Data-gathering techniques that are focussed on the significance of observations made in a study rather than the raw numbers themselves.

Date retrieve info: 29/10/12

 (http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/qualitative+research)

#5 : Ethnographic Studies/Research

Ethnographic Studies/Research: methods of qualitative research developed by anthropologists, in which the researcher attends to and inter-prets communication while participating in the research context.

Date retrieve info: 29/10/12

 (http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/ethnographic+studies)

Ethnography means "portrait of a people." This social science research method, closely associated with the fields of anthropology and sociology, though not exclusive to them, provides a detailed description of a culture from the viewpoint of a researcher who brings both inside and outside perspectives.

Date retrieve info: 29/10/12

 (http://www.ehow.com/facts_5519812_meaning-ethnographic-studies.html)