COMPARISON OF QUALITATIVE METHODS

METHOD STUDY FOCUS ANALYTIC FOCUS DISCIPLINES

Case Study
Ethnography B A A
Phenomenology
Grounded Theory
Focus Groups
Historical Research

CHOICE
STUDY FOCUS ANALYTIC FOCUS DISCIPLINES
S
cultural groups / describe a culture /
A cultural anthropology
phenomenon cultural group
describe, analyze, and multidisciplinary /
B culture / cultural group explain past events, programs, communities,
philosophies, etc. and organizations
describe, explain, or multidisciplinary / varied
C event, person, program assess and evaluate a study of people, groups,
phenomenon or events
philosophy / humanities
discern the essence of
D group interview sociology /
the lived experience
multidisciplinary
generate theory about a philosophy /
E individual experience
basic social process psychology / sociology
produce high quality
records, diaries, oral
data if they are sociology / symbolic
F histories, photographs,
employed for the right interaction / criminology
and other artifacts
purposes