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Lesson 4 - Qualitative Research in Different Areas of Knowledge

This document discusses qualitative research methods across different subject areas. It describes the strengths and weaknesses of qualitative research, including that it is useful for describing complex phenomena but can be influenced by researcher bias. It also illustrates different approaches to qualitative research for hard sciences, soft sciences, and mixed methods. The goal is for learners to understand characteristics of qualitative research and its importance in various fields.

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Lesson 4 - Qualitative Research in Different Areas of Knowledge

This document discusses qualitative research methods across different subject areas. It describes the strengths and weaknesses of qualitative research, including that it is useful for describing complex phenomena but can be influenced by researcher bias. It also illustrates different approaches to qualitative research for hard sciences, soft sciences, and mixed methods. The goal is for learners to understand characteristics of qualitative research and its importance in various fields.

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  • Introduction to Qualitative Research: Introduces the scope and objectives of qualitative research in various knowledge areas, setting the framework for subsequent discussions.
  • Learning Targets and Concept Map: Outlines the learning objectives and presents a conceptual map of qualitative research, illustrating its educational goals.
  • Strengths and Weaknesses of Qualitative Research: Discusses the benefits and drawbacks of qualitative research, highlighting its capacity to explore complex phenomena and potential biases.
  • Hard Science vs. Soft Science: Compares and contrasts the characteristics of hard sciences with soft sciences, emphasizing methodology and application.
  • Subject Area Research Approaches: Examines different research approaches used in qualitative studies, including scientific and naturalistic methods.
  • Closing and Acknowledgements: Concludes the presentation with credits and invites questions, offering gratitude and references for further inquiry.

Qualitative

Research in
Different Areas of
Knowledge
Lesson 4
Learning Targets
01 02

describes characteristics, illustrates the


strengths, weaknesses, importance of
and kinds of qualitative qualitative
research; research across fields.
Concept Map
Qualitative
Research

Strengths and Subject Area


Weaknesses Approach
Institutional Core Value

Wholeheartedness

b. The learners will become active readers and thinkers.


c. The learners will become good decision makers and
problem solvers.
01
Strengths and
Weaknesses of Qualitative
Research
STRENGTHS
● It is useful for describing complex phenomena.

● Issues can be examined in detail and in depth.

● Interviews are not restricted to specific questions and can be


guided or redirected by the researcher in real time.

● It provides understanding and description of people’s personal


experiences of phenomena (i.e., the emic or insider’s viewpoint).

● It can describe in detail the phenomena as they are situated and


embedded in local contexts.
WEAKNESSES
● The researcher’s presence during data gathering, which is often
unavoidable in qualitative research, can affect the subjects’
responses.

● It generally takes more time to collect the data compared to


quantitative research.

● Data analysis is often time-consuming.

● The results are more easily influenced by the researcher’s


personal biases and idiosyncrasies
02
Hard Science vs.
Soft Science
HARD SCIENCE
- Sciences that explore the
workings of the natural world
are usually called hard
sciences, or natural sciences.

- A science (such as chemistry,


physics, or astronomy) that
deals with things that can be
observed and measured.
SOFT SCIENCE
- Deal with intangibles and relate to
the study of human and animal
behaviors, interactions, thoughts, and
feelings.

Examples:
Anthropology, Business, Education,
Economics, Law, Politics, and all
subjects aligned with business and all
those focused on helping profession
such as Nursing, Counseling, Physical
Therapy and the like. (Babbie 2013)
SUBJECT AREA RESEARCH
APPROACHES

Positive or Scientific Approach Naturalistic Approach

Triangulation or Mixed Method Approach


POSITIVE OR SCIENTIFIC APPROACH
- It gives stress to measurable and observable facts instead of personal
views, feelings or attitudes.

- It can be used in researches under the hard sciences.

- It allows control of variables or factors affecting the study. (Laursen 2010)

- Collect data in controlled ways through questionnaires or structured


interviews

- Factual data collected are recorded in numerical or statistical forms using


numbers, percentages, fractions and the like.

- Quantitative data - Expressed in measurable ways


NATURALISTIC APPROACH
- People oriented - It will let you present things
qualitatively through verbal
- Data collected represent are language
subjective traits of people in
natural setting - Qualitative data- using words rather
than numbers as the unit of analysis
- Collection of data is done in
family homes, playground, - Commonly used in Soft Sciences
workplaces, or schools
- Unstructured interviews and
-Focuses on discovering the real participant observations
concept or meaning behind the
people’s lifestyle and social relations - Open- ended questions
TRIANGULATION OR MIXED METHOD
- It allows combination or a mixture of research
designs, data collection and analysis techniques.

Thus, there is no such thing as clear dichotomy between qualitative and


quantitative research methods because some authorities on research
claim that a symbiotic relationship, in which they reinforce or strengthen
each other, exist between these two research methods. Moreover, any
form of knowledge , factual or opinionated, and any statistical or verbal
expression of this knowledge are deduced from human experience that
by nature is subjective (Hollway 2013; Letherby 2013).
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Learning Targets
01 02

describes characteristics, illustrates the


strengths, weaknesses, importance of
and kinds of qualitative qualitative
research; research across fields.
Institutional Core Value

Wholeheartedness

b. The learners will become active readers and thinkers.


c. The learners will become good decision makers and
problem solvers.
That in all things,
God may be glorified!

Qualitative Research in Different Areas of Knowledge Lesson 4
Learning Targets describes characteristics, strengths, weaknesses, and kinds of qualitative research; illustrates the impo
Concept Map Qualitative Research Strengths and Weaknesses Subject Area Approach
Institutional Core Value Wholeheartedness b. The learners will become active readers and thinkers. c. The learners will becom
Strengths and Weaknesses of Qualitative Research 01
STRENGTHS ● It is useful for describing complex phenomena. ● Issues can be examined in detail and in depth. ● Interviews are
WEAKNESSES ● The researcher’s presence during data gathering, which is often unavoidable in qualitative research, can affect
Hard Science vs. Soft Science 02
HARD SCIENCE - Sciences that explore the workings of the natural world are usually called hard sciences, or natural
SOFT SCIENCE - Deal with intangibles and relate to the study of human and animal behaviors, interactions, thoughts, and fe

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