Identifying the Inquiry

Applied Research 1
Contextual Research in Daily Life 1
Research Project Related to Daily Life
• Everyday life is a methodology which examines and uncovers the
realization of daily life and how they are communicated and interpreted by
an observer and/or a participant.
• Everyday life is a participatory action research method embedded in
people and situations.
• Everyday life research focuses on the details and seemingly insignificant
occurrences that collectively contribute to how a situation, phenomenon or
incident is interpreted and experienced.
• Exploring everyday life requires the researcher to focus on details, make
connections and associations between emergent and repetitive themes,
focus equally on sameness and difference (what happened today that did
not happen yesterday and how that influences the research topic or focus),
and make comparisons between the researcher’s experience and the topic
being studied.
Research Project Related to Daily Life
• Everyday life is often written in a first or third-hand person voice
and relies on rich descriptions, sharp detail, creative
construction, and comparative analysis.
• This approach is useful in analyzing qualitative data because it
requires the researcher to consider and negotiate ubiquitous
themes that occur in everyday life, from work to play.
• Everyday life as a research approach encourages diversity; it is
widely used among marginalized groups to privilege their
personal perspectives and viewpoints that might otherwise be
silenced or misinterpreted.
Purpose of the Research Title
• The title embodies substantive words or keywords or
phrases that describe one’s research study.
• The title must also reflect the variables under study.
Formulating the Research Title
• Independent variables are factors or stimuli that directly affect or cause
changes to the independent variables.
• Dependent variables are factors affected or changed by the independent
variable(s).
Sample Title Independent Dependent Variable
Variable
Train Delay: Academic Train Delay Academic Dilemma of
Dilemma of Young Young Commuters of
Commuters of LRT 1 LRT 1
Selfie: The “Status Selfie The “Status Quo” of
Quo” of Millenials Millenials in the
in the Philippines Philippines
References
Brinkmann, S. (2012). Qualitative inquiry in everyday life working with
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Burns, N. & Grove, S. (2011). Understanding nursing research building an
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Casela, N. & Cuevas, G. (2010). Developing technical writing towards
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