Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Research Design
There are varied ways of doing qualitative research. We will focus on six
types of qualitative research.
1. phenomenology
2. ethnography
3. grounded theory
4. case study
5. discourse/conversation analysis
6. narrative analysis.
I Qualitative Research Design
Phenomenology
Example:
What is like for a mother to live with a teenage child who is dying a
cancer?
Ethnography
Ethnography
Advantage Disadvantage
Direct Observation Time Recruitment
Links with theory Reliability
Detailed Data Interviewer Effect
Contrast and Comparison Safety
Ethics
Examples:
What are the trainings of Aeta teachers from Cantillejos, Zambales for the past ten years to provide insights
into the formulation of a teacher education model for indigenous people?
I Qualitative Research Design
Grounded Theory
Adavantage Disadvantage
Example:
1. A researcher might be interested in how young women deal with premenstrual syndrome (PMS).
2. Doctor conduct study about personal control and emotional comfort of hospitalized patient.
I Qualitative Research Design
Case Study
Example:
A restricted story about one specific moment in time with a plot, characters, and setting, but
doesn’t encompass the entirety of a person’s life.
Example: a research participant’s answer to a single interview question
Personal narratives come from a long interview or a series of long narrative interviews that give an
extended account of someone’s life. Example: a researcher conducting an in-depth interview, or a
series of in-depth interviews with an individual over an extended period of time.
Constructed from a collection of interviews, observations, and documents about a person’s life.
Example: a historian putting together the biography of someone’s life from past artifacts.