Box 1.2 is an example of qualitative research. Here, literature including theory is used mainly to understand what is going on in the field and to discover theoretical perspectives, including proper concepts to look at the social phenomenon of interest. Data collection takes place by means of ...
Albeit not a detailed method text, this book presents an up-to-date win- dow into the field of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods research. It covers a range of topics in each of these fields, for example: common research strategies of inquiry, such as surveys and non/experiments...
Sağlam, Y., & Dost, Ş. A qualitative research on example generation capabilities of university students. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 1-18.SAGLAM, Y. & DOST, S. (2015) A qualitative research on example generation capabilities of university students. Int. J....
Research Methodology Workshop APHI Kabul 2008 Qualitative vs quantitative research Example of a research project:* Title: Pregnancy outcomes in foreign-born and US-born women. Objective: To compare pregnancy outcomes between foreign-born women and women born in the United States. Method: ...
The ten central chapters introduce core qualitative research approaches and commonly used data collection methods. Each of these chapters offers: / A comprehensive guide to help you understand and use each approach or method / An illustrative example from applied linguistics research to help you see ...
(AQM). She has led research methods workshops with diverse audiences; for example, at the International Institute of Qualitative Methods’ Thinking Qualitatively Series. She is a current editorial board member of the International Journal of Qualitative Methods and the Journal of Mixed Methods Research...
Next, we advance our contribution by offering a definition of qualitative research and illustrate its meaning and use partially by expanding on the brief example introduced earlier related to Becker's work (1963). We offer a systematic analysis of central themes of what researchers consider to be...
Key findings of a qualitative re- search project dealing with the evaluation of the quality of graduate schools proposed by the Hans Bockler Foundation are pre- sented. An introduction to the field of graduate schools is followed by a brief outline of the design of the evaluation study in que...
For example,qualitative researchcan let you know whether your product is a hit or miss, butquantitative data allows you to know exactly what percentageof consumers like it, and what numbers think you still need to improve. As a result of thisprecision, you can make decisions that are likely...
Scoping for change involves asking if this is a study of a process (most qualitative studies are) and, if so, what time period it involves. Beware of studying a process with static data. One-off interviews, for example, will give interviewees’ accounts, or the versions they see as ...