Multiple disciplines, history, social movements. Observation of phenomena, detailing, analyzing, and interpreting faces, patterns, qualities, and meanings of human phenomena of a study. Action researcher, co-researchers, participant-researcher, learning organization, dialogue, appreciative inquiry. Observation, focus group, interviews. The focus is on social change of the participants and the phenomena of interests. This approach call for precise […]
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 […]
