Steps in Qualitative Research - Some points to Consider

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Researcher's opinion, prejudices and other biases, and their effect on the data are considered part of the richness of qualitative data.

Need to guard against value judgements, report biases

The presence of the researcher changes the behaviour of the people she or he is trying to study.

Whether two researchers independently studying the same setting or subject, come up with the same findings depends on how reliable the study is. In qualitative, reliability is not really a concern, instead, researchers are interested in accuracy and comprehensiveness of their data.

Both methodologies can be used in combination, depending on the research problem.

Qualitative research meets the standards of scientific research: rigorous and systematic empirical inquiry that is data based.

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