purpose of qualitative inquiry
- describe, explain, interpret, explore, and generate theories
- traditional way we get information
what setting is qualitative research done in
naturalistic setting
- uses humans, language, words etc.
what kind of approach does qualititve research take
- inductive approach (works from the ground up)
- to help generalize to a theory
types of qualitative research design
phenomenology
grounded theory
ethnography
case reports
survey
phenomenology
understand the nature of phenomenon, incident or circumstannce through those who expirience it
grounded theory
uses data collected from participants to develop a theory of how action works
ethnography
describe and interpret a groups process by examing its behaviors
qualitative case studies
develop an indepth understanding of one or a small numer of cases
narrative
explore in depth one or more individuals longitudinal experiences
what are the tools for qualitative inquiry
fieldnotes
humans
interviews
artifact review
document analysis
what is the data used in qualitative studies
language and words
how to analyze data
- coding and caterogization of data
- working with the data to observe patterns
credibility
prolonged exposure
member checking
non-biased accounts
dependability
low inference methods
configuratibility
traingulation (more than one view)
trasnferability
generalize to theory
standards of verification for qualitative design
- prolonged engagement (observing the space long enough)
- triangulation
- member checks
- clarigying researcher ias
- external audits
