Lecture : Understand Research for Humanity Students

What is Qualitative research?

Article Review: Your review should address: The purpose of the study; the hypothesis/research question/s of the paper; literature reviewed; research methodology used (Model); if replica study or an original study; data used and how data was analyzed; if data was qualitative or quantitative; if findings support for the hypothesis and purpose; if weaknesses and problems discussed; Your own reflection. Please review one of the papers on Moodle.

In what way do ethnography and participant observation (qualitative) contribute to our knowledge in ways big data, surveys and other forms of quantitative research cannot?