III module 4

describes whether your study is qualitative or quantitative

makes use of first person/textual/discursive in nature

makes use of third person – past tense/researcher is not the one who determines the variables, but it is the subject itself

you immerse yourself in the target participants

weaves together a sequence of events, usually from just one or two individuals to form a cohesive story

is an appropriate qualitative method when you want to describe an event, activity, or phenomenon

a way of explaining an organization, entity, company, or event which involves a deep understanding through multiple types of data sources

uses interviews, questionnaires, and sampling polls to get a sense of behavior with intense precision.

tests for the relationships between two variables

research looks to uncover a cause-and-effect

relationship