In order for you to select the qualitative research approach that best fits your research question, you will need to develop a deeper familiarity with the approaches available to you. This week’s Assignment is the second of a two-part activity designed to broaden and deepen your base of knowledge of qualitative research approaches.
In Week 2, you began completing a Qualitative Research Approaches Matrix Template with four qualitative research approaches. For this week’s Assignment, you will add to that matrix by including four more research approaches.
QualitativeResearch Methods Matrix
Approach |
Disciplinary Roots |
Focus of Central Research Question |
Unique Terminology |
Primary Data Sources |
Sampling Issues |
Analysis Plan Guidelines |
References |
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Submit in Week 2 |
Basic Qualitative Inquiry |
Philosophy, history constructionism, phenomenology |
· How can the experience of [an event, circumstance, program, a context] be described or explored? · What is the meaning of [a process, program, or event] to the target individual(s) of interest? · What “practical” knowledge can be learned? |
Use of the words “describe,” “explore,” “experience,” and “meaning” in title and research questions |
Interviews |
Choice is a function of the question |
Content analysis is a good choice as it is generic and exploratory |
Elo et al., 2014 Merriam, 2009 Saldana, 2016 Worthington, 2013 |
Qualitative Case Study |
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Grounded Theory and Realism |
Emergence of theory, inductive, theoretical sampling, constant comparison, open coding, axial coding, saturation, memo writing |
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Phenomenology and Heuristic Inquiry |
What is the meaning, structure, and essence of the lived experience of this phenomenon for this person or group of people? What is my experience of this phenomenon and the essential experience of others who also experience this phenomenon intensely? |
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Submit in Week 3 |
Social Constructivism and Narrative Inquiry |
Select individuals who have directly experienced the phenomenon of interest |
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Systems Theory |
How and why does this system as a whole function as it does? What are the system’s boundaries and interrelationships, and how do these affect perspectives about how and why the system functions as it does? |
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Ethnography and Autoethnography |
Ellis, Adams & Bochner, 2011 Hoey, 2014 Rose, 1993 |
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Interactive and Participatory Qualitative Applications |
Action research, co-researcher, participant-researcher, learning organization, dialogue, appreciative inquiry |
Highlight indicates example response.
Modified from Patton, M.Q. (2014). Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods: Integrating Theory and Practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications
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