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Definition, characteristics and ethics

Qualitative research is a method used to gain an understanding of how people make sense of their world and their experiences within it. This approach emphasizes studying subjects in their natural environments through various methods such as in-depth interviews, participant observations, and focus groups.

Definition, characteristics and ethics

Definition, characteristics and ethics

Ethics

Provide trusty outcomes
What should I do?
Have positive agreements with participants
Tell the truth to the participants
Honor the privacy of the participants
Respect the time of the participants
Do not force subjects to participate
Supports ethical approaches to fieldwork
Establish codes of ethics to protect participants

Characteristics

Acoording to Bogdan and Biklen (2007)
There are different types of qualitative research

Meaning

capture perspectives as accurate as possible topic

Inductive

Analyzes data inductively

Concern with process

Methods

Participant observation

In-depth interviews

Focus group

Descriptive data

Describe the data in depth

Involve transcripts

Other official records

Personal documents

Videos

Field notes

Photographs

Interviews

Take the form of words or pictures

Naturalist

The subjects are studied in their natural environment

They are observed by the investigator

covert observation

Open observation

Definition

According to Leslie Curry (2015),
Is a strategy to collect, organize and interpret textual information in a systematic way
According to Sharan B. Merriam
Qualitative theory and focus

The experiences they have in the world

How people make sense of their world

Acoording to John Creswell (1994)
Understanding inquiry process

Study in a natural setting

Reports detailed informant insights

Builds a complex and holistic picture