Practical Research

• Absence


  A state of temporary inactivity or suspension
• Holistic


  Relating to or concerned with wholes or with complete systems
• Inhibition


  A mental process imposing restraint upon behavior or another mental process
• Archives


  A place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved
• Phenomenon


  Something (such as an interesting fact or event) that can be observed and studied and that typically is unusual or difficult to understand or explain fully
• Historical study analyzes a group of people to understand better their culture
• Ethnographic study is not only limited to obtaining data from the past but also involves relating their implications to the present and future time
• Case study involves a comprehensive and extensive examination of a particular individual, group, or situation over a period of time
• Phenomenological study examines human experiences (lived experiences) through the descriptions provided by subjects or respondents
• Grounded theory involves comparing collected units of data against one another until categories, and hypothesis that state relations between these categories and properties emerge
• Phenomenological study


  Examines human experiences (lived experiences) through the descriptions provided by subjects or respondents
• Phenomenology


  • Comes from academic disciplines of philosophy and psychology, and it is based upon the work of the 20th-century philosopher Edmund Husserl, which was then later developed by Heidegger
  • The goal of this study is to describe the meaning that experiences hold for each subject
• Ethnography


  • Analyzes a group of people to understand better their culture
  • Key Informants are the key persons who provide information for the study
  • The main purpose of this study is the development of cultural theories
• Historical study


  • Involves identification, location, evaluation, and synthesis of data from past events
  • It is not only limited to obtaining data from the past but also involves relating their implications to the present and future time
• Case study


  • Involves a comprehensive and extensive examination of a particular individual, group, or situation over a period of time
• Grounded theory study


  • The method involves comparing collected units of data against one another until categories, and hypothesis that state relations between these categories and properties emerge