S W 313 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Nonprobability Sampling, Ethnography, Participant Observation
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Certain types of research are inescapably more quantitative than qualitative in nature. Unlike quantitative research methods, qualitative research methods are typically employed without precisely defined hypotheses to be tested. More typically a purely qualitative study will attempt to make sense of an ongoing process that cannot be predicted in advance. One of the key strengths of qualitative research is the comprehensiveness of perspective it gives to the researcher. Qualitative research is especially appropriate to the study of phenomena that can best be understood within their natural setting. Phenomenology a philosophical paradigm for conducting qualitative research that emphasizes people"s subjective experiences and interpretations of the worth. Heuristic inquiry researchers shed an effort to be detached observes and actually experience firsthand the phenomenon they are studying, using introspection to examine their own thoughts and feelings while experiencing the phenomenon. An important phenomenological principle in qualitative research involves the.
