Research Methodologies
This type of qualitative research focuses on understanding how people perceive and interpret their social world.
Phenomenology
This term refers to the in-depth exploration of a phenomenon within its real-life context, often using interviews or observations.
Qualitative Research
This data collection method involves asking participants open-ended questions in a structured or semi-structured format to understand their experiences.
Interviewing
This process involves obtaining participants' agreement to participate in research after they have been informed of all aspects of the study.
Informed Consent
In this type of sampling, participants' recommendation or referral other who meet specific criteria.
Snowball Sampling
In this methodology, researchers immerse themselves in the culture of a group to understand its practices, values, and behaviors
Ethnography
The practice of repeatedly reviewing collected data to find patterns, themes, or categories is called this.
Coding
This method involves recording and analyzing participants' non-verbal behaviors, often in their natural environment.
Observations
This ethical principle refers to the obligation of researchers to protect participants' identities and personal information.
Confidentiality
This technique involves the researcher selecting participants from specific sites or locations to gain in-depth understanding of the context in which the research takes place.
Convenience Sampling
A qualitative approach that involves studying a single instance or case in depth, often used to explore rare or unique phenomena.
Case Study
This term refers to the credibility and trustworthiness of the research findings, often achieved through triangulation or member checking.
Validity
This data collection method involves group discussions where participants share their opinions on a topic and interact with one another.
Focus Groups
This ethical guideline requires researchers to consider potential harm to participants and ensure that any risks are minimized.
Nonmaleficence
The number of participants included in a qualitative studies is _________ to allow for in-depth exploration of experiences.
smaller
This refers to a limitation in qualitative research where findings cannot be applied to the broader population.
Limited Generalizability
This activity helps a research to remain objective and to avoid influencing participants or the data.
Bracketing
This occurs when a researcher unintentionally influences participants' responses through their own expectations or behavior.
Researcher Bias
This ethical concept refers to the patients right to make decisions regarding participation in the study.
Self-determination
This term signifies that enough data have been collected.
Data saturation
This type of qualitative research focuses on analyzing past events, documents, and other historical records to understand patterns and societal changes.
What is Historical Research?
This type of sampling allows for participants to be selected because they have specific knowledge or experience related to the research topic.
Purposive Sampling
This type of data includes personal letters, diaries, official documents, or photographs from a particular time period from the people who expereinced the phenomena.
Primary Sources
This should be considered when conducting qualitative research interviews with participants.
Research setting
A record is kept of all rules used in data analysis to support the study’s conclusions and emerging theory.
Decision Trail