Qualitative+Design+Chart


 * ** EDU8005-8 ** ||  ||
 * ** Qualitative Research Design ** || ** 7 Qualitative Design Chart ** ||
 * ** Qualitative Research Design ** || ** 7 Qualitative Design Chart ** ||


 * Thanks, Stephen. I comment more in-text. **
 * Qualitative research has evolved to include an array of strategies for specific study purposes. Moreover, for each strategy, diverse topics in reality are targeted. An example of this is ethnography, as this qual approach seeks to cull an improved understanding of how culture is constructed, construed, practiced, and sustained or changed. It is different from grounded theory as ethnography may not focus as much on process or theory generation. So in these ways, the numerous qualitative research types are important to distinguish towards more skillfully executing the exploration of phenomena. **
 * Regarding data collection, there is a handful of mainstay modes in the qualitative paradigm (interviews, observations, accessing archives, etc.). However, there are variations of how each of these modes may be operationalized. For instance, observations can be by shadowing a participant, by witnessing an event from a distance or as an outsider, by actively participating in a situation, or by viewing digitized accounts (videos). Which data collection style is utilized will depend upon the purpose of study and qual methodology that frames the project. **
 * I look forward to your next completed assignment. **

=Qualitative Design Chart= Table 1 contains different designs that I may consider for a qualitative study and the data collection types to consider or include. Table 1 //Qualitative Designs and Corresponding Data Collection Methods//
 * **Qualitative Design** ||  **Qualitative Data Collection Method**  ||
 * Action Research || * Study [| *1] the effects of the action taken to improve practice. ||
 * Case Study || * Study either an individual or group.
 * Use interviews (taped or recorded)
 * Use observations; the researcher being observable or not.
 * Use participant’s written accounts.
 * Use archival data.
 * Use questionnaires. ||
 * Content Analysis || * Evaluate data from case studies.
 * Examine communication messages.
 * Search for themes or patterns.
 * Use coding to catalog categories. ||
 * Ethnography || * Primarily interested in a distinctive cultural or racial group
 * Use interviews.
 * Use observations.
 * Use field notes [| *2].
 * Use summaries [| *3] . ||
 * Grounded Theory || * Primarily interested in grounding on individual experience.
 * Use interviews (taped or recorded)
 * Use observations; the researcher being observable or not.
 * Use written notes or accounts.
 * Multiple collection methods and sources [| *4].
 * Use focus groups. ||
 * Historical || * Collect and analyze data from the past from archives or libraries.
 * Use historical artifacts or relics.
 * Use oral reports or autobiographical information.
 * Use historical documents [| *5] . ||
 * Narrative || * Use chronological narrative.
 * Use life events or remembrance [| *6] . ||
 * Participatory Action Research [| *7] || * Active collaboration between researcher and study participants.
 * Community-based research ||
 * Phenomenology || * Focused on lived experience of an individual or group.
 * Use interviews.
 * Use observations.
 * Use focus group. ||

[|1] Yes, but what data collection strategies can be used?...observation, archival data, evaluation surveys, etc.? [|2] How about researcher’s personal journal throughout conducting of study? [|3] How about cultural artifacts? [|4] Such as?... [|5] As much of primary sources as possible… [|6] Via direct interviews or found documents? [|7] Again, what are applicable data collection strategies?


 * = References ||
 * * Creswell, J. W. (2009). //Research design// (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
 * Trochim, W. M. K., & Donnelly, J. P. (2008). //The research methods knowledge base// (3rd ed.). Mason, OH: Cengage Learning. ||