An analyst’s perspective or beliefs impact research outcomes, making reflexivity vital in qualitative research.
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Program evaluation is the systematic assessment of a program to determine the extent to which it achieves its intended goals and objectives.
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Participatory Action Research (PAR) is an approach to research involving researchers and participants collaborating to understand social issues and promote positive change.
Qualitative observation is a research method in which researchers collect data using their sensory organs, eyes, nose, tongue, ear, and skin.
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Theoretical saturation is the point in grounded theory analysis where collecting and analyzing additional data does not teach you more about your topic. Learn more about theoretical saturation.
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Constant comparative method is a process or sorting and organizing data into groups in a structured way to formulate a new grounded theory.
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The history of grounded theory can be traced to the mid-1960s when Sociologist Barney Glaser and Anselm were working on the Awareness of Dying Study.
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Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) is a research methodology used in analyzing multiple cases in complex situations.
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Analytical memos are recordings of the thoughts, ideas, and questions that come to the researcher’s mind during the research process.
Framework analysis is a qualitative method uniquely suited for applied research. It allows researchers to explain what occurred in a specific setting.
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Constructivist grounded theory is a qualitative research method that involves generating theories from emerging data rather than pre-existing theories.
Negative case analysis involves finding and discussing contradictory data emerging from your working hypothesis or theory.
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Peer briefing is the process of working with one or more neutral, independent peers to enhance the credibility of qualitative research.
Simultaneous coding is a method of qualitative coding where a single excerpt of data is coded with multiple codes.
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Decide if you want to start off with a set of codes and stick with them (deductive coding), come up with the codes as you read what you see in your data (inductive), or take a combination approach.
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How do you write a research objective? Follow our simple how-to-guide to learn how to create your own research objectives.
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Open coding, axial coding, and selective coding are all steps in the grounded theory method of analyzing qualitative data.
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When you conduct observational research, you can observe what happens in a natural setting.
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Intercoder reliability ensures that when you have multiple researchers coding a set of data, that they come to the same conclusions.
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Values coding deals with labeling the values, attitudes and belief systems that are expressed by participants.
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