are studies that investigate the quality of relationship, activities, situation or materials.

is used in analyzing qualitative data

Defined and formulated in analyzing qualitative data

It is basically derived from anthropology where an ethnographer studies the entire culture of a particular group.

most common ethnographic approach is

This explores the world of participants by gaining thoughts, insights, and perceptions of a particular phenomenon or ocurrence

This approach aims to generate a theory from the data which are generalized and interpreted inductively.

can be defined as collecting and analyzing the accounts people tell to describe experiences and offer interpretation.

This qualitative approach present a detailed analysis of a specific case.

 is the process of collecting, selecting, and reading books, journals, reports, abstracts, and other reference materials.

Examples are indexes, reviews, and abstracts

Examples are research found in published journals.

Publications where authors cite the works of others.

It defines technical terms based on how they are used in the study, specifically in the title.

Consists of concepts and together with their definitions and reference to relevant scholarly literature

represents the researcher’s synthesis of the literature on how to explain a phenomenon

discusses the steps and procedures that you will use in conducting research

This section describes the specific research approach you will use in this study

This section describes the setting or location of your study

This describes the respondents of the study and how the respondents shall be qualified

Honesty and Integrity

This section outlines the instruments you will use in the study such as interview questions, interview protocols, etc

This section describes the strategy and specific steps you will undergo in order to collect data for your study

Some research questions can be best answered by seeing for yourself what is happening or how things look

The researcher participated as much as possible in the daily life of the subject

The researcher does not participate in the activity

Inovolved the subject in their natural environment

Allows the researcher to observe what is happening in certain ki doc situation

are simple, detailed notes of the researcher while conducting observation in the field

refer to quick notes on to something the researcher would like to recall later.

Refers to the personal statement of the researchers thoughts, feelings, or opinions

Refers to the possibility that certain characteristics or ideas of the researcher “may affect what they observe”

Means that the act of observing will influence the phenomenon being observed because people may not behave or act naturally

This tech I is a conversation between two or more people

The researcher prepares a specific set of questions and reads it to them

The researcher sets the outline for the topics covered and prepares mostly open-ended questions

Are less formal than structured or semi-structured interview

Can be structured,unstructured,or informal

Is a free flowing discussion with a small group of six to ten people

Introduce the participants to the topic and set the tone for the discussion

get the insights of the participants on the topic. These questions also probe some of the issues given by the participants that usually begin asking why and how.

are given to make sure everything is covered up and nothing is missed in the discussion

This section will analyze the data that you will gather

This is actually the utmost concern of a qualitative research – to look for patterns, themes or constructs

These are specific and prominent events or phenomena that occurred in a certain group

This is a very useful tool in presenting and understanding the results in a qualitative research

The use of numbers in qualitative research is not the primary data that you can get.