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Qualitative research - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In the social sciences, qualitative research is a broad term that describes research that focuses on how individuals and groups view and understand the world and construct meaning out of their experiences; it is essentially narrative-oriented. In the social sciences, qualitative research is a broad term that describes research that focuses on how individuals and groups view and understand the world and construct meaning out of their experiences. Qualitative research methods are sometimes used together with quantitative research methods to gain deeper understanding of the causes of social phenomena, or to help generate questions for further research. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Qualitative_research   (603 words)

Centre for Health Evidence To avoid confusion, qualitative researchers typically avoid the term "valid" in favour of alternatives such as "credible." [9] [21] Even so, qualitative insights must emerge from systematic observations and competent interpretation, correspond well to the social "reality" experienced by the participants, and also have meaning for those who will read and learn from the report. The methods section of a qualitative study should describe several aspects of the research design, including: (a) how study participants were selected, (b) the methods used to generate data, (c) the comprehensiveness of data collection, and, (d) procedures for analyzing the data and corroborating the findings. Qualitative analysis is foremost a process of summarizing and interpreting, "based on the value of trying to represent faithfully and accurately the social worlds or phenomena studied." [39] A good qualitative report will be received as robust and truthful across multiple perspectives (i.e., those of study participants, authors, readers, colleagues). www.cche.net /usersguides/qualitative.asp   (6743 words)

Marie C. Hoepfl Qualitative research and evaluation are located toward the fictive end of the continuum without being fictional in the narrow sense of the term Eisner, 1991, pp. Qualitative research reports, typically rich with detail and insights into participants’ experiences of the world, "may be epistemologically in harmony with the reader’s experience" (Stake, 1978, p. Qualitative analysis requires some creativity, for the challenge is to place the raw data into logical, meaningful categories; to examine them in a holistic fashion; and to find a way to communicate this interpretation to others. scholar.lib.vt.edu /ejournals/JTE/v9n1/hoepfl.html   (6325 words)

The Qualitative Paradigm The task of the qualitative researcher is to find patterns within those words (and actions) and to present those patterns for others to inspect while at the same time staying as close to the construction of the world as the participants originally experienced it. Qualitative research involves the studied use and collection of a variety of empirical materials case study, personal experience, introspective, life story interview, observational, historical, interactional, and visual texts-that describe routine and problematic moments and meaning in individuals' lives. Qualitative research shares good company with the most rigorous quantitative research, and it should not be viewed as an easy substitute for a "statistical" or quantitative study. www.compapp.dcu.ie /~hruskin/RM2.htm   (2213 words)

What is Qualitative research Qualitative research methods were developed in the social sciences to enable researchers to study social and cultural phenomena (Myers, 1997). Qualitative research is an inductive approach, and its goal is to gain a deeper understanding of a person's or group's experience. Because qualitative research takes an enormous amount of time, is very labor intensive, and yields results that may not be as generalizable for policy-making or decision-making, many funding sources view it as a "frill" or as simply too expensive (Trochim, 2001). www.und.nodak.edu /instruct/wstevens/PROPOSALCLASS/Huntpaper.htm   (2021 words)

qualitative_research Qualitative research uses detailed descriptions from the perspective of the research participants themselves as a means of examining specific issues and problems under study. Qualitative research differs from quantitative research in that the latter is characterized by the use of large samples, standardized measures, a deductive approach, and highly structured interview instruments to collect data for hypothesis testing (Marlow, 1993). Also, due to the subjective nature of qualitative research it is important for the researcher to continually engage in self-examination to be certain that his or her own biases and stereotypes are not influencing the interpretation of the findings. www.uncp.edu /home/marson/qualitative_research.html   (4201 words)

BMJ Education and debate Qualitative research, in contrast, begins with an intention to explore a particular area, collects "data" (observations and interviews), and generates ideas and hypotheses from these data largely through what is known as inductive reasoning. The validity of qualitative methods is greatly improved by using a combination of research methods, a process known as triangulation, and by independent analysis of the data by more than one researcher. In qualitative research, however, we are not interested in an "on average" view of a patient population. bmj.bmjjournals.com /archive/7110/7110ed.htm   (2891 words)

Qualitative Measures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) The purpose of this section is to introduce you to the idea of qualitative research (and how it is related to quantitative research) and give you some orientation to the major types of qualitative research data, approaches and methods. Qualitative research excels at "telling the story" from the participant's viewpoint, providing the rich descriptive detail that sets quantitative results into their human context. Because much qualitative research takes an enormous amount of time, is very labor intensive, and yields results that may not be as generalizable for policy-making or decision-making, many funding sources view it as a "frill" or as simply too expensive. www.socialresearchmethods.net /kb/qual.htm   (1335 words)

Kelle: Theory Building in Qualitative Research Lee and Fielding have found that the median sample size, even in qualitative studies that use software for data management, is about 40 (Lee and Fielding, 1996a) which seems feasible if one bears in mind that 'representativeness' in the statistical sense of that word is usually not regarded as the crucial purpose of qualitative samplical. Qualitative research usually means the collection and analysis of unstructured textual material in order to develop concepts, categories, hypotheses, theories (or mere descriptions of social life worlds). Consequently, the theoretical preconceptions which qualitative researchers (whether they apply 'grounded theory' methodology or not) normally use to structure the data material (and which play a role in their abductive inferences) are quite different from those theoretical concepts, that the H-D approach expects us to formulate prior to data collection and data analysis. www.socresonline.org.uk /2/2/1.html   (8633 words)

Qualitative Evaluation Qualitative evaluations use qualitative and naturalistic methods, sometimes alone, but often in combination with quantitative data. Qualitative findings may be presented alone or in combination with quantitative data. Qualitative methods are often used in evaluations because they tell the program's story by capturing and communicating the participants' stories. www.wmich.edu /evalctr/checklists/qec   (842 words)

MB556: Qualitative Research (4 units) The goal of this course is to demonstrate the role of qualitative research in aiding church and mission leaders to effectively communicate the Gospel within varying contexts. Qualitative research provides effective tools for speaking to these needs. After surveying the breadth of qualitative research, the course will focus in-depth on case study, grounded-theory, and focus-group research methodologies, allowing students to interact with issues and problems that commonly arise in the midst of carrying out fieldwork. www.fuller.edu /swm/ecds/034/MB556_King.html   (381 words)

MRSI's Qualitative Marketing Research Services Qualitative research is about in-depth knowledge and direct feedback. Our research professionals understand and utilize the latest in research techniques, through their involvement with professional associations and continued education, giving you the best possible results. Plus, our qualitative team can assist you in all phases of your research project, from objectives to analysis and reporting. www.mrsi.com /qualitativeresearch.html   (182 words)

FQS: Concept and Current State Qualitative researchers are generally socialized twice: Belonging to a specific discipline, using qualitative research methods often means working in the outskirts of this discipline. the American qualitative research communities receptions of approaches written in the German language mainly ended with the works of early phenomenological writers (approaches like the "Narrative Interview", the "Problem-centered Interview" or the "Objective Hermeneutics" were largely unknown in non-German-language contexts). As we share this orientation with some other qualitative research online-journals, we are starting to discuss a model for an association of qualitative research online-journals with some of them. www.qualitative-research.net /fqs/fqs-e/info-e.htm   (1046 words)

Qualitative Reasoning Qualitative models are more able than traditional models to express states of incomplete knowledge about continuous mechanisms. The Approximate and Qualitative Reasoning (AQR) Group is part of the Institute for Representation and Reasoning within the Division of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh. The Qualitative Reasoning Research Group at the University of Texas, part of the Artificial Intelligence Lab and the Computer Science Department, University of Texas at Austin, and supervised by Professor Benjamin Kuipers. www.aaai.org /AITopics/html/qual.html   (1093 words)

Qualitative research software   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) The qualitative programs vary a lot more than the statistical ones do, but in general, the way they work is that you feed in a lot of words - such as transcripts of group discussions, or of open-ended interviews. Qualitative data is presented in two ways: in writing and in graphics. The practical problem, when you're producing a report or presentation on a qualitative research project, is the sheer volume of words that you have to reduce. www.audiencedialogue.org /soft-qual.html   (3031 words)

Qualitative Research in Information Systems Qualitative research involves the use of qualitative data, such as interviews, documents, and participant observation data, to understand and explain social phenomena. Qualitative research methods were developed in the social sciences to enable researchers to study social and cultural phenomena. A qualitative researcher has to come to terms with the fact that it is impossible to tell the "whole story" in any one paper, so he or she has to accept that only one part of it can be told at any one time. www.qual.auckland.ac.nz   (5212 words)

Qualitative Research Resources   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Qualitative research methods in health technology assessment: a review of the literature, a free monograph from Health Technology Assessment Programme (UK based organization). International Institute for Qualitative Methodology: A multidisciplinary institute developed to address the issues raised in qualitative inquiry, facilitate the development of qualitative methods, promote education and research, and provide a forum for collaboration. Qualitative Research in Information Systems (IS): This web site aims to provide qualitative researchers in IS (and those wanting to know how to do qualitative research) with useful information on the conduct, evaluation, and publication of qualitative research. www.umich.edu /~qualnet/resources.htm   (1404 words)

The Qualitative Report - Qualitative Research Web Sites Qualitative Methods and Narrative Methods for Organizational and Communication Research by David M. Boje, Ph.D. Qualitative Methods Internet Resources from Master of Community Health course at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine Qualitative Research in Geography Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers Qualitative Tools for Multimethod Research by Division of Social and Community Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatric Institute, UCLA www.nova.edu /ssss/QR/web.html   (579 words)

Research Advisor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Here you will find models for qualitative research which have been used in physics, biological and social sciences and may be useful as qualitative or partially quantitative models for educational research. Society for the Study of Symbolic Inteaction Those who perform qualitative research are mostly after defining a reality which is often called "symbolic interaction." Most constructs in educational research which rely on qualitative methods are trying to discern this elusive interaction between humans at the "symbolic" level, the purest of all cultural behavior. Q.S.R. (Qualitative Solutions and Research), a list on the qualitative analysis program Nudist is located at mailing- list@qsr.latrobe.edu.au; to subscribe, send a message to mailing-list@qsr.latrobe.edu.au with this phrase in the subject field: MLIST subscribe. llanes.panam.edu /research/advisor/Qualresearch.html   (1030 words)

Qualitative Health Research journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Qualitative Health Research is an international, interdisciplinary, refereed journal for the enhancement of health care. It is designed to further the development and understanding of qualitative research methods in health care settings. We welcome manuscripts in the following areas: the description and analysis of the illness experience; health and health-seeking behaviors; the experiences of caregivers; the sociocultural organization of health care; health care policy; and related topics. www.ualberta.ca /~qhr   (203 words)

SAGE Publications - Qualitative Inquiry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Qualitative Inquiry provides an interdisciplinary forum for qualitative methodology and related issues in the human sciences. With Qualitative Inquiry you have access to lively dialogues, current research and the latest developments in qualitative methodology. SAGE Publications is pleased to announce the recent inclusion of Qualitative Inquiry in the Thomson ISI database. www.sagepub.co.uk /journal.aspx?pid=105751   (325 words)

Qualitative Tools for Multimethod Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Qualitative Tools for Multimethod Research is a resource developed by members of the Division of Social Psychiatry at UCLA's Neuropsychiatric Institute (NPI). Some have desired to incorporate qualitative methods in their epidemiological or child development research and been experimenting with proposals that combine both quantitative and qualitative methods, as well as newer rigorous methods such as cluster analysis, multidimensional scaling, and content analysis. This section has articles on the rigorous collection of qualitative information that are manipulated in ways that help construct a model of the way informants' mental or cultural understandings are organized. www.npi.ucla.edu /qualquant   (582 words)

Qualitative Interest Group Qualitative researchers have access to new methods of generating, analyzing and representing data, along with expanded opportunities for forming different kinds of research alliances with both other researchers and participants in studies. What are the implications for the field of qualitative research of the increasing number of students undertaking graduate studies in other countries? Qualitative Interest Group • 326 River's Crossing • The University of Georgia • Athens, GA 30602-4811 www.coe.uga.edu /quig   (339 words)

Amazon.com: Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods: Books: Michael Quinn Patton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) I'm a very happy grad student who enthusiastically pursues qualitative methods (and in fact teaches them to his undergrad students), but who learned at great expense to avoid this book at all costs. If you've been asked to gather qualitative research but you've never gathered qualitative research before, then this is the book for you. Unlike other qualitative research books that often focus more on a particular phase of research, this book covers all phases in depth, from conceptual issues and qualitative reseach design to analysis, interpretation, and reporting. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0761919716?v=glance   (1667 words)

Kerlins.net > Qualitative Research Of particular note is the extensive Bibliography of qualitative research resources. Sage Publications is one the most prolific publishers of qualitative research journals and books. The 15th Annual Ethnographic and Qualitative Research in Education Conference (EQRE) will be hosted by the University at Albany, SUNY, in Albany, New York on June 4, 5 and 6, 2004. kerlins.net /bobbi/research/qualresearch   (214 words)

Association for Qualitative Research AQR is an international organisation which aims to further the practice and study of qualitative research. To improve the theory, practice and use of qualitative research across the disciplines of the human sciences The next AQR Conference, "The Art and Craft of Qualitative Research: Creativity and Critique", will be held in July 2005 in Melbourne, Australia. www.latrobe.edu.au /aqr   (130 words)

Amazon.com: Qualitative Researching: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Throughout the author addresses the key issues which need to be identified and resolved in the qualitative research process, and through which researchers develop essential skills in qualitative research. Helping the reader to move comfortably between principle and practice, this text has proved to be an invaluable introduction to qualitative research, and a useful aid to accomplished qualitative research practice across the social sciences. Bridges the gap between cookbook approaches to qualitative research and abstract methodological approaches. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0761974288?v=glance   (697 words)

qualitative research methods What is qualitative research, how to do and analyze. This supplement describes a conference with the goal of advancing the field's understanding and use of qualitative methods in order to answer the most pressing health services research and policy questions. Latent Semantic Analysis http://lsa.colorado.edu/ This method "captures the essential relationships between text documents and word meaning, or semantics, the knowledge base which must be accessed to evaluate the quality of content." This site has some theory, research and application of this method. gsociology.icaap.org /methods/qual.htm   (568 words)

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