Qualitative Research

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Is Qualitative Research Non-Scientific?

Quantitative studies rely on objective measurements and numerical analysis of data collected via surveys questionnaires, and pools, wherein the researcher manipulates pre-existing data by use of computational means. In general, quantitative studies focus on the collection of data and generalization of findings across all groups of people who experience the same phenomenon in the same […]

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Characteristics of Qualitative Research Studies and When it is Appropriate or Not

Introduction Qualitative research is a kind of inquiry which information communicated via behavior and language in a natural environment. It is used to explore human behaviors. This form of research is referred so by different terms reflecting different research approaches. Qualitative research is structured to investigate the human elements of a provided topic, where unique

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Sources of Bias for Quantitative and Qualitative Research

In research, bias can be defined as the process of introducing a systematic error into the sampling and thus encouraging one outcome over the other, (Arnold, 2010). This can be attributed to many reasons, for instance due to experimental error, where the researcher fails to take into account all the research variables. There are many

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Qualitative Vs Quantitative Research And Their Strengths And Weaknesses

Introduction A qualitative research is concerned with the investigative methods that are the participant observer, field, and anthropological, naturalistic and ethnographic research. Qualitative research focusses primarily on the data in the field. It is like the research method that explores the various topics given. It aims to give an understanding of various motivations, opinion and

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Qualitative Research

Qualitative research Qualitative research is a method of societal inquest that emphases on the approach people make sense of their understanding and the world in which they live. A number of diverse methods exist within the broader context of this type of inquiry, and numerous of these share the similar objective such as understanding, describing

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Designing Qualitative Research

Introduction Validity and reliability are means of communicating and demonstrating the research processes rigor and the research finding trustworthiness. Reliability in quantitative research refers to measurement consistency. Validity measures the level to which a measure accurately stands for the concept it claims to measure. There are internal and external validity in quantitative research. Internal validity

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