It determines the approach the researcher takes in identifying relevant data for the research, and collecting and analyzing the information gathered in the research.

• Research Locale

• Research Methods

• Research Questionns

• Research Sampling

Answer explanation

approach

The development of concepts that help us to understand social phenomena in natural (rather than experimental) settings, giving due emphasis to the meanings, experiences, and views of all participants.

• Qualitative Research

• Quantitative Research

Qualitatiive research-Data collection: used when the researcher focuses on people who provide the richest insights

• Observation

• Focus Group Discussion

• Purposive Sampling

• Interview

To test hypotheses, explore causal relationships, make predictions and generalize the findings within a population

• Qualitative Research

• Quantitative Research

They generate rich, detailed data that leave the participants’ perspectives intact and provide multiple contexts for understanding the phenomenon under study

• Qualitative Research

• Quantitative Research

Qualitative Research Type:

- describe experiences as they are lived

- examine the uniqueness of the individual’s lived situations

- each person has their own reality; reality is subjective

• Phenomenology

• Historical Study

• Ethnography

• Narrative Research

Qualitative Research Type:

- a story of the day in the lives of individuals as told by these individuals

- re-tells or re-stories this into a narrative chronology

• Phenomenology

• Historical Study

• Ethnography

• Narrative Research

Qualitative Research Type:

- to describe a culture’s characteristics

- gather data through direct observation and interaction with subjects

• Phenomenology

• Historical Study

• Ethnography

• Narrative Research

Qualitative Research Type:

- to describe in-depth the experience of one person, family, group, community, or institution

• Phenomenology

• Case Study

• Ethnography

• Narrative Research

Qualitative Research Type:

- to describe and examine events of the past to understand the present and anticipate potential future effect

• Phenomenology

• Case Study

• History Study

• Narrative Research