Qualitative research is typically;
- Enacted in naturalistic settings;
- Draws on multiple methods that respect the humanity of the participants in the study;
- Focuses on context;
- Is emergent and evolving;
- Is fundamentally interpretative.
Some themes in good qualitative inquiry include:
- Naturalistic inquiry
- Emergent flexible design
- Purposeful sampling
- Qualitative data
- Personal experience and engagement
- Empathic neutrality and mindfulness
- Dynamic systems
- Unique case orientation
- Inductive analysis and creative synthesis
- Holistic perspective
- Context sensitivity
- Voice, perspective and reflexivity
Here are some of the attributes of qualitative research that got me thinking:
- Unwritten rules
- Nothing is what is seems, things are not that simple
- Cannot have preconceived ideas (never assume anything)
- No taken for granted assumptions
- Discovery oriented, exploratory, no prior constraints on what the outcomes of the research will be
- No set assumptions that apply because we are dealing with humans and things are the result of social interaction.
- Research process is iterative, fluid and not linear.
- When you question the assumptions is what makes it interesting.
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