Qualitative research is a methodology that I find incredibly interesting but also challenging in those aspects with which I am less familiar. I would like to propose that we have an area on ResearchGate where we can have ongoing dialogue on the topic, and include published and unpublished papers were have written. I would also suggest that we include audio and video examples of our research as well as discussions with such media. I have a presentation I made of qualitative methods at a seminary some years ago, which received very positive feedback from faculty and students. I would be willing to get the discussion started with videos of that presentation (which included audio and video data from my research) and related handouts. I tried to upload this to ResearchGate, and was not surprised when it was not posted. I made the mistake of sending it in a 1 gb zipped file, and not getting prior permission. But I could not determine how to get such permission until I saw this discussion area. Would you be interested in participating in such a forum?
Don Ratcliff, Ph.D.
If this forum can try to contribute towards this dialogue, it will open many ways to understanding the philosophical underpinnings governing qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methodologies.
Dear doctor
I quoted the following from wiki
"Qualitative research is a type of research that aims to gather and analyse non-numerical (descriptive) data in order to gain an understanding of individuals' social reality, including understanding their attitudes, beliefs, and motivation. This type of research typically involves in-depth interviews, focus groups, or observations in order to collect data that is rich in detail and context. Qualitative research is often used to explore complex phenomena or to gain insight into people's experiences and perspectives on a particular topic. It is particularly useful when researchers want to understand the meaning that people attach to their experiences or when they want to uncover the underlying reasons for people's behavior. Qualitative methods include ethnography, grounded theory, discourse analysis, and interpretative phenomenological analysis. Qualitative research methods have been used in sociology, anthropology, political science, psychology, social work, folklore, educational research and software engineering research."
Dr.Sundus Fadhil Hantoosh
This is a strong definition, yet it requires unpacking the meaning of many words. Unless you know each word well, you will only get part of the meaning. But sometimes we must begin at an easier place and work forward. Quantitative research makes use of numbers and the basic method of analysis is some sort of statistics. In qualitative research the basic data are words, such as interviews, descriptions, and the like. There are many forms of analysis that can be used with words. I will try to post a video that may help. And I will attempt to post 15 kinds of qualitative analysis.
You do not need to know all 15 methods of analysis, but you do need a quick overview so you can get a sense of which are most likely to help you.
I wrote my dissertation as a teaching document, at the suggestion of my major professors. It has been used at several universities as a way to show what qualitative research is like, how it is experienced by the researcher. You might want to read some of it, just to get a taste of the method if it is new to you. It is posted here on ResearchGate: “An Elementary School Hallway." By the way, the 15 methods of analysis are not all that are available. If anyone wants to share additional methods of analysis, please do so.
The video is not allowed to be used on ResearchGate, I am told. You may be able to find it online as I was given the full rights to it many years ago. Archive.org may have it. The title is introduction to qualitative research, but reading the first part of my dissertation may also work for you. I will include part one below, but all three parts are on ResearchGate.
A new brief introduction to qualitative research using my doctoral work and follow-up post hoc analysis.
https://archive.org/embed/my-qualitative-research
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