Qualitative studies are well suited to studying complex interconnections and relationships without reducing the complexity to simple numbers or variables. Rather than excluding outliers from a dataset, qualitative researchers are interested in these exceptions and often examine them in鈥恉epth in order to...
QualitativeResearchers Qualitativeresearchersareinterestedinunderstandingthemeaningpeoplehaveconstructed.Itisassumedthatmeaningismediatedthroughtheinvestigator’sownperceptions.Qualitativeresearchisanefforttounderstandsituationsintheiruniquenessaspartofaparticularcontextandtheinteractionsthere(Patton,1985).Asecondcharacteristicofall...
Quantitative research data tends to be used when researchers are interested in understanding a particular moment in time and examining data sets over time to find trends and patterns. The difference between quantitative and qualitative research methodology ...
This collection of 20 papers is aimed at researchers, research students, and research supervisors interested in qualitative research into facilitated adult learning in the workplace, formal education programs, professional development, and community settings. "Introduction" (Willis) provides a summary of ...
Researchers will often turn to qualitative data to answer “Why?” or “How?” questions. For example, if your quantitative data tells you that a certain website visitor abandoned their shopping cart three times in one week, you’d probably want to investigate why—and this might involve coll...
As a clinician interested in qualitative research, you are likely to have pondered whether a particular study is trustworthy. How do you know whether qualitative research findings are valid and can be applied in your setting? The quality standards you would look for in quantitative research do no...
Social science researchers, for instance, are often interested in people’s opinions or motivations. A paper in this field might therefore say: This research used aqualitativeapproach to assess intention to quit among teaching staff. Methods associated withqualitative researchinclude interviews, direct ...
aComparative researchers interested in diversity study a moderate number of cases in a comprehensive manner, though in not as much detail as in most qualitative research. A study of the checkered history of democratic institutions in South American countries is an example of a comparative study. 对...
This article provides descriptions of procedures that lead to these useful products and discusses alternative ways of understanding aspects of qualitative approaches that some researchers view as problematic. 展开 关键词: deductive qualitative analysis grounded theory qualitative family research ...
Currently, researchers are interested in the carriers that mediate the electron transfer involved in methanogenesis. It has been suggested that the promotion of surface contact and improvement of interspecies electron transport have a major impact on the results of anaerobic treatment [5]. Modern ...