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Exploring 100 key questions (and answers) on the nature and practice of qualitative inquiry, this unique book addresses the practical decisions that researchers must make in their work, from the design of the study, through ethics approval, implementation, and writing. The book’s quick-scan, question-and-answer format make it ideal as a supplementary text or as a ready reference for graduate students preparing for comprehensive exams and writing research proposals, undergraduates in affiliated programs who will not be taking a primary course in qualitative research methods, and researchers working across disciplines in academic or practice environments.
What Is an Exploratory Qualitative Design? If I Do This, Does It Mean That My Research Isn’t Going to Come Up With “Usable” Findings?
What Is an Exploratory Qualitative Design? If I Do This, Does It Mean That My Research Isn’t Going to Come Up With “Usable” Findings?
Qualitative research projects are described as exploratory when they examine an issue for the first time, in-depth, within a given setting, context, or with particular types of participants. Existing research into the phenomenon of interest, for example, may focus exclusively on quantitative results that provide broad, surface results about a particular issue. Here, the unique contribution of a qualitative study is to explore, for the first time, the meaning of the topic from participants’ own perspectives, to ...
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