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QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

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Qualitative methods examine the why and how of decision making, not just what, where, when, or "who", and have a strong basis in the field of sociology. Qualitative research is popular among political science, social work, and special education and education researchers.
GATHERING DATA
- ETHNOGRAPHIES
  - Describe and interprete the cultural behaviour, including communicative behaviour of a group
- CASE STUDIES
  - Provide a holistic description of a language learing or use within a specific population and setting
- INTERVIEWS
  - This technique usually ask an identical set of questions of all respondents.
- OBSERVATION
  - Method of generating data which involve the researcher immersing in a research setting, and sistematically observing dimentions of that setting
- DIARIES/JOURNALS
  - Internal processes and thoughts can be verbal protocols and other introspective methods to gather data.
ANALYZING DATA
- COMPREHENSIVE: in which all possible aspects of a chosen context are researched
  - TOPIC ORIENTED: in which the topic is clarified through preliminary analysis and focused data collection
    - HYPOTHESIS: in which hypotheses are generated based on data
- research must pay attention on three concerns: credebility, transferability and dependability