Type of Qualitative

Definition
Research Design
It consist of focusing on studying one or two
Narrative Research individuals, researchers collects data through reporting
of individuals’ stories or experiences (Creswell, 2013).
The researchers focus on participants’ common
Phenomenological Research experiences, the studies involve sources of data such as
observation, documents, poems (Creswell, 2013).
Researcher generates a general theory of a process, an
action that occur over time which shaped by a number of
Grounded Theory Research
participants’ views, at the end, they develop a
theory of the process or action (Creswell, 2013).
Researcher study the meaning of patterns of values,

Ethnographic Research language, behavior, and the interaction among

the participants of an entire culture-sharing group (Creswell,
2013).
The researcher explores a real life, a case or multiple
cases over a time through a in-depth data collection
Case Study Research
such as observations, interviews, reports, documents,
audiovisual materials (Creswell, 2013).