QUALITATIVE

RESEARCH
DESIGNS
DR. MAHESWARI JAIKUMAR
 QUALITATIVE RESEARCHES
S.No TYPE
1 PHENOMENOLOGICAL RESEARCH
2 ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH
3 GROUNDED THEORY
4 HISTORICAL RESEARCH
5 CASE STUDY
6 ACTION RESEARCH
 TYPES
TYPE MEANING &
DESCRIPTION
PHENOMENOLOGICAL PHENOMENOLOGICAL
RESEARCH RESEARCH EXAMINES
HUMAN EXPERIENCES
THROUGH THE
DESCRIPTIONS
PROVIDED BY PEOPLE
INVOLVED
TYPE MEANING &
DESCRIPTION
INVOLVES THE
ETHNOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COLLECTED
RESEARCH FROM CERTAIN CULTURAL
GROUPS, BY LIVING WITH
PEOPLE OF THOSE GROUPS
& FROM THEIR KEY
INFORMANTS, WHO ARE
BELIEVED TO BE THE MOST
KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT
THE SELECTED CULTURE
TYPE MEANING &
DESCRIPTION
GROUNDED Theory is
THEORY developed
inductively from a
corpus of data
acquired by a
participant
observer
TYPE MEANING &
DESCRIPTION

HISTORICAL Systematic collection &

objective evaluation of data
RESEARCH related to past occurrences
in order to test hypotheses

concerning causes, effects,

or trends of these events
that may help to explain
present events & anticipate
future events.
TYPE MEANING &
DESCRIPTION
CASE STUDIES Research on a
phenomenon by
studying in depth a
single case example.
The case can be an
individual person, an
event, a group or an
institution.
TYPE MEANING &
DESCRIPTION

ACTION Seeks action to

RESEARCH improve practices
& study the effect
of the action that
was taken