What is Qualitative Research?

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Introduction

Understand and describe the iterative, naturalistic, and contextual facets of qualitative research.

Examine and comprehend the philosophical underpinnings and interpretive frameworks informing qualitative research.

Learn to evaluate qualitative studies by their associated rigor criteria, differing from those used to evaluate quantitative studies.

Syllabus

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In the world of qualitative research, notions like validity and reliability often take on new forms. Researchers must not project one set of traditional meanings onto another, in that you cannot analyze qualitative research by quantitative standards. So what do we mean by qualitative standards of rigor? It is about making certain that the qualitative process and outcomes emulate participants’ lived experiences.

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