Zusammenfassung der Ressource
QUALITATIVE
- HISTORY
- has been around for about a century in
the Social Sciences field
- CHARACTERISTICS
- Emergent research design
- works in a wide range of data
- takes place in a natural setting
- data can be interpreted
through insider
perspective
- small samples of participants
- research outcome depends on
researcher's interpretation
- WEAKNESSES
- too complex
- lacks methodological rigour
- time-consuming
- how to make sure that the
results weren't influenced by
the researcher's biases
- STRENGTHS
- Exploratory nature
- making sense of complex situations
- can answer 'why'
- can broaden our understanding
- suitable for longitudinal research
- flexible when things go wrong
- rich in research report