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Qualitative Research - Science method
Qualitative Research are research that derives data from observation, interviews, or verbal interactions and focuses on the meanings and interpretations of the participants (From Holloway and Wheeler, "Ethical issues in qualitative nursing research," Nursing Ethics, 1995 Sep; 2(3): 223-232).
Questions related to Qualitative Research
Does sample size matter in qualitative research design? If yes/no, why/ why not? Please, provide your valuable thoughts.
Hello everyone, I‘m a student from Arizona State University now learning about qualitative research methods.
I recently read an article from AnnRené Joseph about the future of arts education in the setting of Covid-19 pandemic. In this research the author used a qualitative survey with open questions to gather data from the participants. Is there other qualitative methods other than interview and surveys that we can consider in order to seek for the answer for this topic?
Can a Sony ICD-UX570 dictaphone be used in nvivo for transcription purposes
Many thanks
I am working on qualitative research using a critical discourse analysis approach and I don't know the best theory I can use in my research. I am working on an article taken from the daily mail as a case study
One of the interviewees mentioned a name in the middle of the conversation. We want to keep the quote but redact the name. Can you suggest a standard practice for handling that? for example, the s quote is like,
"I really think that it was unnecessary for them to get offended by the patient's behaviour. They all are graduates of ABC college who tend to have a different attitude toward patients compared to the rest of the staff. "
We want to redact the name ABC from the quote to protect the college's identity but keep the quote. Could you advise how I can redact and indicate that it was redacted and what the redacted content refers to?
Thank you
In an Exploratory Sequential Mixed Method Research, I have done qualitative research in stage 1.
I found some new construct, and discover linkage between the new found construct and the constructs under study. After that, based on the findings of qualitative research, I proposed a conceptual framework and I was able to offer some hypothesis.
After that I empirically verified few hypothesis by conducting a Quantitative research.
Now the thesis reviewer criticized that in Literature Review, I should discuss the conceptual framework and the relationships (proposed in the hypothesis). But I found that relationships after I concluded my qualitative research. How should I supposed to know them when I was writing the Literature review.
Please, someone guide me, where I am wrong.
Someone, please guide me, how to write literature review for Mixed method Research.
Regards,
I interviewed 45 students, analyzed their journals and essays. My study's real aim is to get students' opinions. However, I applied t test for one of the data from essays. I do not think this will change my research from qualitative to mixed design. I need a reference for this. Please advise. Thanks.
Hi, I am writing a project on the impact of COVID 19 on consumer buying behaviour and initially i was going to use a qualitative research method coupled with a secondary data collection but i noticed from most of the available research online, scholars have used various methods such as quantitative, mixed method etc to approach their objectives. What i would like to know pls is what is the best research method to approach my topic, should i use a systematic literature review and do i necessarily need a peer group to carry on with this, if so what are the best alternative option available. A reply will be much appreciated as i have a limited time to carry out this research
I'm working on my MA thesis which is qualitative research using the interview method. Since I'm going to analyze the data using causal mapping, I wondered if I'd need a theoretical framework.
Hello,
I am doing a qualitative research with semi structured interviews, N=10 and the method of analysis is thematic analysis. However, I see that my themes do not answer or correspond to the research questions. The approach that I followed in analysis is inductive.
Thank you.
I am a qualitative research newbie. This study is for my doctoral dissertation. I am interviewing music professors about their experiences working with student musicians who have an occupational injury. I wish to understand and discuss the themes that emerge most frequently from the interviews of my 15 subjects. Does analysis of my interview data using the code frequency method mean that my research is both qualitative and quantitative?
I have been searching for the reliability and validity of a qualitative research, I haven't found any specific or clear description of the method for conducting it. I am also not sure if there is any statistical tests to be performed in this regard. Please give me a clear answer for my question.
I appreciate your answer.
Nazdar
I have been trying to understand research paradigms (neo- positivism, interpretivism/social construction and critical realism) for a few days now, and I've been reading a number of resources, primarily Blaikie and priest's Social research: Paradigms in action (2017), and Tracy's Qualitative research method. In Blaikie and priest, they say that paradigms are used at the level of explanation, but when I read Tracy's work, I get the impression that paradigms come into play at the level of description as well. These various descriptions creates more confusion for me. At what level of research do these paradigms come into play?
In addition to this, I have been reading many articles that does no seem to follow the descriptions of the paradigms strictly. Are there some researches that don't usually follow?
In light of these two, do you think that survey research follows these paradigms?
Looking forward to reading your views and thought.
How to maintain data quality in qualitative research? How to ensure quality in qualitative data collection as well as data analysis?
We have total population of 100. I need clarity on use of sampling technique. We wanted to use random sample without replacement by using random no table in a qualitative research. Please guide can we employ or not.
I understand that quantitative and qualitative research may have certain criteria for reliability and validity checks. However, to think of same with SLR appears a bit new to me at the moment. Could this be the inclusion and exclusion criteria used for selection or something else?
I will appreciate your constructive views, guides, or any useful resources you may offer. Thanks in advance!
I am interested in relationships between photovoice or auto-photography as research methods and social-spatial difference, either as captured in the photographs, or as embodied or lived by the participants. I would particularly appreciate suggestions of literature from the past 10 years.
Recommendations of reading on participant-photography and social-spatial difference would also be relevant in this case.
What are the main differences between case study and action research in qualitative research?
I want to learn your opinion on this subject.
particularly I am going to conduct an explorativ study using content analisis ; the procedure is to ask secondary school teachers to write a story from their professional activity where they not according to moral norms
Dear Colleagues,
In order to analyze the opinion of the experts concerning a specific phenomenon that is going on nowadays, I am collecting social media, web media and traditional media news as data. All data will be in text and analyzed via Quirkos software. This data set will be analyzed to outline their position of them as a reflection of society. My intention is to code the data in a prespecified way, so it can summarize the main 4-5 directions of the phenomenon. I guess, my methodology will be content analysis. However, I cannot find a paper that did the same thing in a relatively simple and straightforward way. Some papers that I have seen so far employ content analysis in a quantitative way. Could you please recommend to me some papers that would meet my expectations? Thank you beforehand.
Patton (2001) describes these at samples within samples and suggests that purposeful samples can be stratified or nested by selecting particular units or cases that vary according to a key dimension.
For example, one may purposefully sample primary care practices and stratify this purposeful sample by practice size (small, medium and large) and practice setting (urban, suburban and rural).
Stratified purposeful sampling is different from stratified random sampling in that the sample sizes are likely to be too small for generalization.
Why use this method?
A stratified purposeful sampling approach can lend credibility to a research study.
When a case study follows a qualitative research approach, credibility, transferability, dependability and confirmability criteria, as Lincoln and Guba (1985) suggest, need to be met for the study to establish trustworthiness.
When adopting a mixed-method design, how can the trustworthiness of a case study be established?
Thank you in advance!
Greetings to everyone,
I am about to conduct a qualitative research for my thesis in the field of geriatric assessment and the impact of rehabilitation to their physical status. The sample will be of a certain group of people, for instance their age. I am confused whether should I use this quantitative tool in a case study to answer questions depending on my observations and given that the sample of the patients will be approx. 13-30.
Should I proceed to comparisons across cases, wouldn't it be helpful this quantitative tool?
Thank you in advance.
Actually, I have asked many statistician about the use of probability sampling in qualitative research. However, I am not satisfied with their answers. As we know the sample size and even we have list in-hand but we are confused whether to use probability sampling or not while conducting interviews. I need guidance from experts please.
I have been trying to understand research paradigms (neo- positivism, interpretivism/social construction and critical realism) for a few days now, and I've been reading a number of resources, primarily Blaikie and priest's Social research: Paradigms in action (2017), and Tracy's Qualitative research method. In Blaikie and priest, they say that paradigms are used at the level of explanation, but when I read Tracy's work, I get the impression that paradigms come into play at the level of description as well. These various descriptions creates more confusion for me. At what level of research do these paradigms come into play?
In addition to this, I have been reading many articles that does no seem to follow the descriptions of the paradigms strictly. Are there some researches that don't usually follow?
In light of these two, do you think that survey research follows these paradigms?
Looking forward to reading your views and thought.
If anyone can point my to the right direction regarding this question, any industrial sector would be helpful, possibly referencing quantitative or qualitative research in the 21st century. I am only able to find data points and regression analysis in the 20th century. Would like to be able to, compare changes.
Dear
Some participants are asked to make requests in some situations before and after direct instruction of some sort of making request strategies. two sets of answers are transcribed and the difference between two sets of responses to the same situations before and after the instruction is going to be compared. based on which criteria, measurement, scale, or.... these responses can be analyzed and compared? this is a qualitative study with very small sample size. What is the best method to analyze two sets of responses and data?
Sincerely
I know about theoretical sampling and about theoretical saturation, please don't explain them to me! I would like to ask you about theoretical representativeness. Have you ever encountered this expression? Where?
I know that qualitative research is not interested in generalization and representativeness, but I think this is a bad idea.
My opinion is that if we apply the theoretical sampling correctly, in the case of small and homogeneous populations, we can talk about the generalization of the results from the level of the sample, to the level of the whole population.
This would mean that we could talk about theoretical (not statistical) representativeness and theoretical (not statistical) generalization.
Did you read something like that somewhere? Please help me with some references! French writings are also welcome.
Thank you!
I need your valuable feedback for a research that I am working on, both quantitative and qualitative.
What do you think is the answer to this question for both quantitative and qualitative researchs?
Thank you in advance for your valuable comments.
Hi! As I'm just starting teaching and mentoring students in their coursework I often come across a particular issue related to sampling in qualitative research. Whenever students are assigned to do a preliminary qualitative study or devise a qualitative research strategy which involves getting information from other people they often resort to using Facebook as a place for distribution of their invitations to participate in research, or post links to online surveys etc. I do not find this particularly problematic, but I sometimes encounter MA thesis proposals which resort to this strategy even though the proposed research is not really presented as situated in the context of social media. I've also come across some studies which use a more structured approach where social media is used as a platform to implement the snowballing sampling principle.
My questions are:
1. Do you have any experience with that (in terms of students using social media in their sampling strategies)?
2. Have you used social media in your sampling strategies and what were your justifications to do so?
3. Should this approach be encouraged or discouraged if students are aware of the limitations of their sample creation strategies?
4. Does it matter whether the focus of such research has something to do with social media or not?
I am a Master student with a medical background looking into students constructs of medical professionalism when they are taught a western curriculum in a non western culture. I have conducted twelve 1-hour individual semi-structured interviews where student's where given professional dilemmas. I explored how and why they would manage these dilemmas. I believe I have to conduct thematic analysis of this data?
My questions are
1) What methodololgy is best suited to analyse this data ?grounded theory ? Interpretive phenomenological analysis ? Giorgi's phenomomenological method?
2) What text is suitable to read for a beginner to give a broad overview of what may be the most appropriate methodology. I have tried to read SAGE handbook qualitative research Denzin, Lincoln. but dont find it an easy read for a beginner who is doing qualitative research for the first time
Any recommendations would be helpful
TIA
Tabraiz
I am looking to work with someone who has experience in qualitative research and is based in India. If anyone is interested please respond and we can connect.
Regards
Hi there, I am submitting my topic for my masters thesis next week and after lots of research I am interested in doing de-internationalization. I feel this is a relevant topic due to COVID-19 and Brexit. I am interested in doing qualitative research with a case study approach (either single/multiple).
The following are my potential research questions.
Benefits/downsides of de-internationalization?
What are the implications of de-internationalization on the firm’s business model?
Which parts of the firm’s business model are affected most, how and why by de-internationalization?
I am however struggling on what industry to investigate and I feel I need to find a scope on how to make it more concise as since it is only a masters thesis. Any suggestions/feedback would be great appreciated. Thanks!
Have you been curious about the experience of qualitative research participants?
Often when we explore lived experience in qualitative research, participants tell us about some aspects of their life in such a way that they may have never told someone before. When going through such research procedures (like interviews or focused groups) have you been curious about the influence of your designed research procedures on participants' lives? Have you wondered how to do research on the impacts of research participation and the ethical dimensions and issues surrounding such procedures?
Triangulation of method in qualitative research
I have conducted a study on socio economic and cultural barriers to access health care among the particularly vulnerable tribes of West Bengal and I want to publish the data . So, my question is the data too old to publish ?
Also, I am searching for co-author(s) to collaborate for writing research papers related to the aforementioned study and any other papers related to qualitative research in health.
Hi there,
I am interested in researching the topic of reverse internalization for my masters thesis in International Business & Management. I would prefer to undertake qualitative research and potentially do a single case study. I am seeking advice/feedback on what scope to investigate and potential sub questions.
Qualitative research has its rigor and method. It is a valid methodological strategy, which means that research can be carried out using qualitative methodology. However, it is not always given the recognition it deserves. Why?
Hi,
I have planned qualitative research. Before collecting data, I want to do a pilot study only to test the questions’ comprehensibleness and suitability. But I have a few questions. Begin with, how many people should I have an interview with for a pilot study of qualitative research? (or is the number vital?) Second, do you have anything you can suggest or warn me about a pilot study? Thank you.
Honorable Researchers,
How can I collect data from Facebook videos uploaded by the different users for Qualitative Research?
Your thoughts are very much appreciated here!!
Hi,
Should the sociodemographic data of qualitative research be equally distributed? I will be glad if you send me your opinions and sources about this issue. Thanks in advance.
We are currently doing correlational research (quantitative) about the gaming habits and academic performance of grade 6 pupils in just one school, that only consists of 150 grade 6 pupils. And we estimated that out of 150 only 35 pupils are only playing online games. Originally our research is about qualitative research. But our panelists suggested that we better conduct quantitative research.
We are not good at conducting quantitative research.
Hi everybody,
i am doing qualitative research (interviews) for developing a Grounded Theory with QDA-Software atlas.ti. I am wondering if anyone is interested in sharing experiences, e.g. in respect to axial coding etc.
Greetings!
Hi,
I am a Ph.D. student in bioethics. My main interest is animal ethics.
For my Ph.D. thesis, I will study ecological utopias from a bioethics and animal ethics perspective. My aim is to see, understand and discuss how utopian writers placed animals in their works. I will then discuss my findings in the light of animal ethics literature.
To do that, I concluded that I should be using one of the qualitative research methods since I am not interested in quantitative findings (how many times the word animal is mentioned, how often it was mentioned, etc.)
Now, I am swamped into the theoretical mess of methodological approaches. Although I want to simplify it since I am only interested in animal ethics findings, I just want to approach the qualitative study as an instrument.
I did many readings and the draft conclusion for my methodology is that:
- I will not adopt any qualitative approaches since my research does not fit into any of them (ethnography, phenomenology, grounded theory, narrative research, case study ... )
- I will adopt a purposive sampling approach to decide on my sampling.
- I will use document analysis as my data collection method. (Is this the correct term?)
- I will use qualitative content analysis as my data analysis method. (or should I use thematic analysis?, or are these the same?)
Am I right with these selections?
Is there any conceptual/nominal/theoretical mistake?
Are there any subcategories to these approaches that will better fit my research?
If you think that approach wouldn't work, what would be your suggestion for a newbie in QR like me. (Although I am new in that particular area, I still want to carry out scientifically rigid research)
Thanks a lot, everyone,
Any help is much appreciated.
I am comparing the UN role in two different conflicts. The first remained on its agenda for longer time and awaiting solution, while the second in a lesser time have been solved with proactivity of the UN.
I prepared an open ended questionnaire and sent to purposefully selected target respondents. In a pilot study, the respondents showed their inability to provide inputs for all questions. I bifurcated the questionnaire into two (first conflict plus the UN role and second conflict plus the UN role). I am now receiving back the questionnaires well responded. This indicates that the first respondents miss the second part while at the same time the second respondents miss the first part.
Now point arises that, I have not gone through or came a cross to any research like that, to take it as an example or previous reference.
Can I do that bifurcation? Would it be valid and complacent with qualitative research methodology and data collection technique?
I request the intervention of worthy scholars and experts towards my project, please.
Thanks
I am going to conduct a pure qualitative research where I have to perform semi-structured interview for in-depth understanding of my research problem. Although I know how to ensure the validity and reliability of quantitative research, I have no idea about ensuring the validity and reliability of qualitative research (semi-structured interviews). So, I need the suggestion from experts, especially who has/have good knowledge about qualitative research.
I'm conducting qualitative research and had originally set out to interview around 15 participants from two groups (30 in total), which represented two perceptions of the same conversations. Group one is fine (15), however, I struggled with the recruitment of the second group (5) and I'm trying to reach out to fellow researchers who may have encountered a similar issue.
My current intention is to take group one data and use reflexive TA to analyze it. Then treat the data from group two as a supporting case study to provide a comparative perspective.
Has anyone followed a similar approach? and if not, what approaches have been used for data in such circumstances?
I am conducting qualitative evidence synthesis for my dissertation. Some of the included papers used mixed method which have some insights about my research question.
Thank you.
Hi all,
Presently I am starting the venture of writing my master's thesis. The subject of my thesis concerns the implementation of robotic process automation (RPA) software in organisations. I'd like to look at critical success factors in different stages of the implementation process. To ultimately deliver a scientifically grounded and validated framework on how to conduct successful RPA implementation projects. To do so, I will be conducting qualitative research.
However I could use some help with it from our community as I am presently struggling with finding an appropriate theoretical lens to apply in my thesis.
Therefore I am looking for suggestions for possible lenses to use which can be used in qualitative research. I have come across theories such as diffusion-of-innovation (DOI), technology acceptance model (TAM) and unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT). These however have a quantitative nature and thereby seem less appropriate.
To summarize, I am looking for a theoretical lens to study RPA implementation projects which can be used in qualitative research, do you have any suggestions on which lens to use? It may also be more broad or sociological lenses rather than strictly technological lenses.
Please let me know, your help and advice is highly appreciated!
Kind regards,
Dominique
Hello 👋, so I'm a PhD candidate doing qualitative research combining traditional ethnographic methods and newer participatory action research methods. I haven't done my fieldwork yet, which will take place in India, due to the pandemic and therefore I have no data yet. My research topic has not been explored much and there's nothing about it that was ever done with the population I will study. My research is rooted in Community Psychology and I'm using some of the theories in that field to frame my whole research. Now, the main objective of my research is to deepen our understanding of those concepts as conceptualized by said population.
Here's my issue : my advisor keeps asking me to present what will be my theoretical contributions to the field of Community Psychology. I've told him numerous times that I can't predict what those will be since I haven't collected any data yet.
Am I crazy for thinking that what he is asking at this point doesn't make sense with me having no data at all yet ???
How am I supposed to come up with theoretical contributions with no idea of what I might unearth during my fieldwork ?
Any help, suggestion, advice will be greatly appreciated. I just don't know which arguments to give him anymore. And maybe I'm wrong and he's right ?! Sooo confused.
Help lol !
NOTE: My advisor is a psychologist and he's dead set on psychometrics and stats and the whole quanti thing. I don't think he's ever done anything quali or been the advisor to a student whose dissertation is using a qualitative approach.
Thank you !
Sensitizations act as more of a publicity/ad for companies, government and other bodies. They make use of it through a hidden motivation; the companies name or the "welfare of the people" from the state. Sensitization involves targeting a group of a population and giving specific access to knowledge which is thought to perpetuate. But it doesn't!
I've been asked to give feedback on a study that used a survey with the option for comments in each question. Some participants decided to share additional observations and thoughts for some questions. I've found that these additional comments carry rich qualitative data so I'm suggesting they analyze them and integrate them into the results (since they're currently not).
However, I'm not sure how to justify this methodologically (or even if it's appropriate). Even though these comments add insightful information about the participant's perceptions, they only account for a portion of them.
Options I'm currently considering:
(1) Use a common theme analysis for the qualitative data and relabel the study from quantitative to mixed-methods.
(2) Still define it as quantitative, but mention that some qualitative data was gathered as optional comments and analysed as well (would this be methodologically correct?).
(3) Do not use the qualitative data for the results, since it doesn't come from all participants.
Any thoughts?
Thank you very much in advance!
I will be conducting qualitative interviews regarding behaviours and social attitudes on Instagram, and I wish to recruit 15 participants through Instagram DM. I could select users that I think have engaged in the behaviours I will be studying, plus that meet my demographic criteria (18+, gender, etc.)
Is this use of purposive sampling problematic; biased and therefore invalidates my data? Are there any alternative sampling methods I could use? Or is there a way to go through with this method if I somehow justify it in some way?
I appreciate any help, thank you.
I would like to choose a medical research topic, following phenomenological approach in qualitative research. Is there a minimum number set while selecting participants or can it be even two or three. Literature says from 2 to 10 participants are better. Please give your valuable opinion / suggestion
I am Nandani Agarwal, a M.Sc. Clinical psychology student who is conducting qualitative research on the topic "Conceptualising goodness in a collectivistic culture". I am looking for an expert to validate my interview guide and would love it if you could assist me in this.
An expert could be anyone who:
1. Has a Ph.D. in the field of Psychology or is currently pursuing Ph.D. in psychology
2. Someone with comprehensive knowledge and experience in the field of qualitative research.
I'm a simple qualitative researcher who wants to hire a RA to do some analysis of social media data towards identifying trends in community engagement surrounding the shift to on-line activism in a specific social movement organization. But I don't really know where I'd find grad students who have the skills I need. In what kinds of programs do they teach/learn such things?
Do you know any systematic steps for building taxonomies in the field of HCI? My question is mostly to qualitative researchers.
I would appreciate any advice, reference, or even sharing of experiences.
right now i am going to write a research proposal for my MS degree. My topic is related to study the problems faced by in-service science teachers in my county . i could not find research articles on this topic. i have hardly found 3 articles related to my topic.
Dear Sir/Madam, my question is that as we know we use PICO model in Systematic Literature Review (SLR) mostly for Randomize Clinical Studies. so what model or approach should we use for Observational cohort studies, or case studies or in qualitative research or any other study design? Thank you in advance for kind guidance
qualitative research thematic analysis of phenomenological approach of research.
I'm new in the field of qualitative research. From my transcription experience, I found that the word card techniques is one of the most frequently used techniques in qualitative research. I wonder how the data of this research can be analysed?
Providing link of researches that have used this techniques will be highly appreciated.
Hi,
I wanted to do a thematic analysis and I want to know whether there are softwares that highlight dominant patterns/sentiments in qualitative research work. I am looking for academic (non student) low expense or open source options.
I am writing a qualitative project using autoethnography. As all journals have word count constraints, I struggle to fit my methods section (beyond mere descriptiveness) in my manuscript. As it stands, my methods section loses the minutiae of the meaning making process. I've recently learned that Elsevier offers an option to submit a MethodsX file, offering a space for authors to further detail their methods/methodology. I understand that MethodsX is also an open access journal in Elsevier's database, and would like ask the community for some advice about this option.
-KS
I am writing a qualitative research paper on EFL graduate students' academic writing challenges in a university in Turkey where English is the medium of instruction. The research instrument is a semi-structured interview, and thematic analysis (TA) will be implemented. Based on what should I choose the sample size? What is the best/ideal sample size to reach the principle of saturation?
A qualitative research study is appropriate when you need to tap into the hearts and minds of the customer.
A highly subjective research discipline, qualitative research is specifically designed to look "beyond the percentages" to gain an understanding of the customer's feelings, impressions and viewpoints. Such intuitive, highly subjective personal input can only be obtained through qualitative research.
Strengths:
- Small samples, sharp focus: Qualitative research is laser-focused, dealing only with smaller samples.
- Probing interviews: Expert moderators, unencumbered by the time constraints of a quantitative survey, use a multitude of techniques during lengthy interviews to obtain in-depth information.
- Rich responses: The interviews, which last as long as two hours, allow the moderator to elicit extremely candid, highly complex responses.
- The audience question: What approach is frequently used by gatekeepers in your field?
- The background question: What training do you have in the inquiry approach that you hope to use? Or what resources are accessible to guide you in your work?
- The scholarly literature question: What is needed most as contributing to the scholarly literature in your field?
- The personal approach question: Are you more comfortable with a more structured approach to research or with a storytelling approach? Or are you more comfortable with a firmer, more well-defined approach to research or with a flexible approach?
Could you recommend an article or report describing opinion research conducted in a qualitative approach? Research in the field of education would be the most interesting, but I am also interested in other areas.
I am using a Qualitative research style to analyse doctor-patient interactions in English and Igbo during a consultation meetings. Please how do I go about tape recording such interactions without the consent the interacters. Secondly, how do I use Gail Jefferson's CA notations to transcribe the extract of doctor-patient interactions.
Dear all,
What are the challenges that researchers face in conducting qualitative studies? What suggestions would you make to overcome those challenges for researchers planning to adopt qualitative research?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using Delve software for qualitative analysis rather than NVivo?
Dear readers,
Recently, I have read a research article "ESL students' perceptions of Using a Social Bookmarking Tool for the development of reading in a second language". I realized that this research used a multiple-case study to do a deep research with 5 students. The logic of this article is very clear and easy to understand. I want to discuss with you if there is any other qualitive research other than multiple-case study could be suitable for this kind of topic? Or if you have any insight regarding this area.
Thank you, Laura
is it okay in qualitative research with 10 samples or respondents? if okay how many fgd should be taken in this case?
I need qualitative research to see the methods of analysis and health steps.
Do you have qualitative research that you considered an excellent example?
What is the best way to present the results of a qualitative study? How do you select the most relevant items? Can this be done in the form of tables, diagrams, graphs? If so, what types of tools should be used? Is data visualization compatible with qualitative research?
I am intending to do qualitative research on effect of detention on education of former detainees. What questions should be asked for assessing the impact on education?
Dear researcher, I would like to ask about secondary informants in phenomenological qualitative research. Some of my friends said that qualitative phenomenological studies should not use secondary informants to support the data. would you please explain and recommend journals that discuss this. thankyou
Hello everyone,
I'm currenlty writing my bachelor's thesis about the impacts of COVID-19 on the hotel sector in Germany, with the goal of developing a training manual for hotel management and entrepreneurs on how to cope with future pandemics.
One of my sub RQs is: What is the correlation between hotels responses to the pandemic and their occupancy rates?
How can I answer that questions if the hotels responses are based on qualitative data (interviews about entrepreneurial behaviour, e.g. one hotel said that in order to cope with the pandemic they increased their social media presence and improved their online appearance) and the occupancy rates are quantitative data?
Basically, my goal is to support my recommendations - which will be a training manual for hotel management and entrepreneurs on how to cope with future pandemics - by saying Hotel A did this and their occupancy rate increased (I'm obviously aware that correlation doesn't mean causation and this will also be one of the major limitations of my research, only using one hotel KPI).
Best,
Felix
I would like to know more about qualitative research designs, techniques used for analysis and report presentation of qualitative research.
Hi,
My current qualitative research (for my master thesis) looks at how a company can respond better to scarcity in its supply chain. My theoretical framework consists of the whole supply chain risk management process and defines characteristics that I'm comparing to determine if missing one of the characteristics could explain the success or lack of success. But before I could answer the 'why' it was a success or not, I need to analyze 'if' it was a success.
The company has a lot of data available. I defined a few variables that determine 'success' (e.g., percentage the company can fill regarding customer demand). Is there a methodology that describes how to look at the available data? The closest methodology I could get was descriptive statistics, but I'm not sure if it covers everything I want to do. Can somebody help me with this?