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by Mishell Medina 4 years ago

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Qualitative Research: Why and How to Do lt

Qualitative research has evolved significantly over time, especially in the United States and German-speaking areas. Initially, qualitative research in the U.S. was focused on understanding foreign cultures, while in German-speaking regions, the research process was more methodical, following models like those proposed by Glaser and Strauss.

Qualitative Research:
Why and How to Do lt

The United States: Denzin and Giardina (2006) said the development was conect with politics.

German-Speaking Areas: 1990s the first textbooks or introductions on the background

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Qualitative Research: Why and How to Do lt

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A brief History of Qualitative Research

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Middle
German-Speaking Areas: understand the object of research as a preliminary until the end of the research
The United States: Qualitative research recognized as a process of constructing versions of reality.

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Beginning
German-Speaking Areas: the model of the research process by Glaser andStrauss (1967)
The United States: The traditional period, qualitative research was interested in the foreign

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Qualitative Research at the End of Modernity

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Qualitative research is in a position to design ways for social sciences, psychology, and other fields
Qualitative research is oriented towards anaTyzing concrete

Landmarks in Quatitative Research

necessary for understanding and assessiag existing qualitative research.
can provide the starting point and basis for doing your own empirical study

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Essentiat Features

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variety of approaches and methods

characterize the discussions and the research practice.

the researchers' reflections

become in data

perspetives of the participants

viewpoints and practices are different

appropriate methods and theories

methods are open to the study´s subject

Limitations of Quantitative Research

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the results are rarely used in everyday life.
don´t carried over into political and institutional practices
empirical social research was based in surveys.
The observed phenomena are classified according the frequency and distribution.
general statements are independently about the concrete cases

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Research Questions as a Starting Point

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this occurs because
we need explor and understand the life of the participants.
knowledge about the life is too limited for starting from a hypothesis

The Relevance of Qualitative Research

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the study of social relations