Qualitative Research:
Why and How to Do lt
The Relevance of Qualitative Research
is
the study of social relations
Research Questions
as a Starting Point
this occurs because
knowledge about the life is too
limited for starting from a hypothesis
we need explor and understand
the life of the participants.
Limitations of
Quantitative Research
are
general statements are independently about the concrete cases
The observed phenomena are classified
according the frequency and distribution.
empirical social research was
based in surveys.
don´t carried over into
political and institutional practices
the results are rarely used in everyday life.
Essentiat Features
are
appropriate methods and theories
methods are open to the study´s subject
perspetives of the participants
viewpoints and practices are different
the researchers' reflections
become in data
variety of approaches and methods
characterize the discussions
and the research practice.
Landmarks in
Quatitative Research
can provide the starting point and basis
for doing your own empirical study
necessary for understanding and
assessiag existing qualitative research.
Qualitative Research
at the End of Modernity
Qualitative research is oriented towards anaTyzing concrete
Qualitative research is in a position to design ways
for social sciences, psychology, and other fields
A brief History of
Qualitative Research
Beginning
The United States: The traditional period, qualitative
research was interested in the foreign
German-Speaking Areas: the model of the
research process by Glaser andStrauss (1967)
Middle
The United States: Qualitative research recognized
as a process of constructing versions of reality.
German-Speaking Areas: understand the object of research as a preliminary until the end of the research
End