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Qualitative research - Coggle Diagram
Qualitative research
Ethical considerations
Avoid research sites where participants may feel coerced to participate in the research.
Protect participants’ identities to avoid embarrassment or harm.
Treat participants with respect and seek their cooperation in the research.
Consider difference in participants’ time commitment.
Negotiate with the participants the terms of the agreement to do a study.
Honour the participants’ privacy.
Tell the truth when writing up and reporting the findings.
Characteristics
Inductive
Theories based on the data collected
Focuses behaviors, builds theories, reaches conclusions
Upward direction
Descriptive data
Words and images instead of numbers
Describes data in depth
Narration of the observed phenomena
Naturalistic
Non-experimental ecological approach
The subject is studied in its natural environment
No manipulation of the environment
Meaning
Interpretation of results
Discovering the meaning of experiences
Interest in the participants' perspective
Concern with process
Steps
1 Discussion group
2 Interview
3 Observation
Focuses on the process rather than the results
Expectations translated into activities
Definition
Scientific method of observation to collect non-numerical data.
Sharan B. Merriam (2009)
“Qualitative researchers are interested in understanding the meaning people have constructed, that is, how people make sense of their world and the experiences they have in the world.“
John Creswell (1994)
“Qualitative research is an inquiry process of understanding that is based on distinct methodological traditions of inquiry to explore a social or human problem.“
Dr. Leslie Curry (2015)
“Qualitative research is a strategy to collect, organise and interpret textual information systematically to generate insights into phenomena that are difficult to measure quantitatively.“
