Extant
Elicited
Enacted
Extant materials are already available (created or made) and
ready to be picked.
Elicited are materials that a
researcher gleans from researchees in real time or through a direct interaction
with the participants.
Enacted calls for researcher and
participants to create the data, such as you would do with role playing or
arts-based research.
I am embarrassed to say how many
hours I have spent writing notes and drawing diagrams as I tried to figure out
how to find a simple way to categorize the many possible forms of research one
can find or create. It’s even more
complicated when you try to figure in how to work with face-to-face vs online
or virtual data collection.
When I discovered Salmon’s three
E’s, I was momentarily stunned (Why hadn’t I thought of this!), but then elated
because I could stop the endless quest for the framework that constantly eluded
me.
I want to say “Thank you Janet
Salmons for creating this way of describing data. I will be using your new book this fall in my
Advanced Qualitative Research, and I will be singing the praises of the three
“E’s” when I do!”
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