Cultural Anthropology, studies people, cultures and traditions, social observation. The terms include “exploration” “observation of phenomena. Observation the subject. How can we understand the “events or phenomena” in a “situation?” “Explore” “understand” and “observe.” Face-to-face interviews, “observation” and slight “narration” of the subject matter or event or individuals or groups. Subjects of interests including self, […]
Trans-disciplinary study, archeology, behavior of complex phenomena, general systems research and systems inquiry. The terms include “exploring” the world, “understanding” “connecting” complex phenomena of research. 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 […]
Sociology, communication theory, social contexts, theory of sociology and constructivism. The “meaning” of a situations or events that occurs to “understand” “conceptualize”. What is the meaning of “situations” “factors” or “knowledge problems” leading to “knowledge-policy-action solution?” Creating “stories” “narration” “understanding” in terms of the consequence leading to the creation of themes. Stories of experiences and […]
Human science research, humanistic studies. 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 passionately? The use of “experiences” “explore” a particular phenomenon, “understand” “perceptions” […]
Generating theories and using social research, including sociology, philosophy, and medical research. The building of theory is through the analysis of data. For example, understand the meaning and symptoms of meningitis in the far northern region of Uganda city, Kabale. The research questions seek to “explore” “understand” and “perceived” what the world is, rather than experiences. Primary sources […]
Social science inquiry, stem from sociology, anthropology, psychology, educational research, constructivist paradigm. The central focus of case study uses “How” and “Why”. For example, how to determine the types of decisions made by nursing students and the factors that influenced the decision making? The use of terms such as “decide” “describe” “experience” Primary sources of […]
What I learned about the different qualitative research methods are the differences and similarities that each concept posed. Most of the qualitative research approaches exhibit different primary source of data, disciplinary roots, sampling concepts, different focus on modelling research questions and differences in data analysis. Most of the initial words for describing different qualitative research […]
The phenomenon of interest is the growing concerns of on lack of patient participation in Patient Satisfaction Survey (PSS). This phenomenological study seeks to understand a particular phenomenon in question (Creswell, & Poth, 2017). Semi-structured interview with open-ended questions can be utilized as part of data analysis. A study of phenomenology is one that seeks […]
The literature review is an essential part of the research process and a key component of the dissertation. It informs what is known about a topic and what might benefit from further exploration. One such strategy is to understand the components, or pieces, of the dissertation and their purposes before beginning research writing. Doing so will […]
The Institutional Review Board (IRB) is an organizational body recognized to protect the rights and welfare of human research subjects enlisted to participate in research activities conducted under the umbrellas of the institution with which it is affiliated. The purpose of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) is to make certain all institutional research topics and […]
