Research

• Qualitative Research Method


  Uses words and pictures, not numbers, in analyzing data
• Qualitative Research


  • Applies naturalistic approach, observing and detailing real life events in their natural settings
  • Researchers must be careful not to fully or overly sympathize with participants, leading to subjectivity
  • Gives room to understand, fully understand and respect people's individualities
  • Good platform to understand the human mind, their experiences and their cultures
• In qualitative research, we apply a naturalistic approach, observing and detailing real life events in their natural settings. This is non-experimental, where we simply state our observations or give details of what really happened in their natural settings.
• Types of Qualitative Research


  • Case study
  • Ethnography
  • Phenomenological
  • Content/discourse analysis
  • Historical
  • Narrative Report
  • Grounded theory
  • Biography
  • Action Research
• Case study


  Seeks to find answer as to why a certain thing occurs to the subject or individual
• Ethnography


  Involves the study of a group to understand its organization setup, internal operation and lifestyle
• Phenomenology


  Seeks or refers to the study of how people find their experiences meaningful
• Content/discourse analysis


  Focuses on the substance of the mode of communication that people use
• Historical analysis


  Examines primary documents to find the connection of past events to the present/future time
• Grounded theory


  Reveals a discovery of a new theory at a time of data collection and analysis
• Narrative report


  Presents what happened in the past through a logical progression
• Biography


  A study of any individual's life, struggles and their relation to societal themes
• Action research


  Seeks for transformative changes to solve existing problems, usually done in the classroom, school or organization