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Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J.; Leech, Nancy L.; Slate, John R.; Stark, Marcella; Sharma, Bipin; Frels, Rebecca; Harris, Kristin; Combs, Julie P. – Qualitative Report, 2012
In this article, we outline a course wherein the instructors teach students how to conduct rigorous qualitative research. We discuss the four major distinct, but overlapping, phases of the course: conceptual/theoretical, technical, applied, and emergent scholar. Students write several qualitative reports, called qualitative notebooks, which…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Researchers, Computer Software, Data Analysis
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Rabionet, Silvia E. – Qualitative Report, 2011
Qualitative interviewing is a flexible and powerful tool to capture the voices and the ways people make meaning of their experience Learning to conduct semi-structure interviews requires the following six stages: (a) selecting the type of interview; (b) establishing ethical guidelines, (c) crafting the interview protocol; (d) conducting and…
Descriptors: Interviews, Research Design, Research Methodology, Qualitative Research
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Unluer, Sema – Qualitative Report, 2012
It is crucial for social researchers to clarify their researchers' roles, especially for those utilizing qualitative methodology to make their research credible. The purpose of this paper is to examine the advantages and disadvantages of the researcher's insider role, an instructor, occupied within case study research on the integration of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Ethics, Foreign Countries, Research Design
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Jeanty, Guy C.; Hibel, James – Qualitative Report, 2011
This article describes a mixed methods approach used to explore the experiences of adult family care home (AFCH) residents and informal caregivers (IC). A rationale is presented for using a mixed methods approach employing the sequential exploratory design with this poorly researched population. The unique challenges attendant to the sampling…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Caregivers, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis
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Arditti, Joyce A.; Joest, Karen S.; Lambert-Shute, Jennifer; Walker, Latanya – Qualitative Report, 2010
In this study, we document a reflexive process via bracketing techniques and the development of a conceptual map in order to better understand how emotions that arise in the field can inform research design, implementation, and results. We conducted a content analysis of field notes written by a team of researchers who administered an interview to…
Descriptors: Research Design, Content Analysis, Psychological Patterns, Correctional Institutions
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Ortlipp, Michelle – Qualitative Report, 2008
The problem of bias in qualitative research particularly is still debated in methodology texts and there is a lack of agreement on how much researcher influence is acceptable, whether or not it needs to be "controlled", and how it might be accounted for. Denzin (1994) refers to this as the "interpretive crisis" (p. 501). I…
Descriptors: Reflection, Diaries, Qualitative Research, Research Methodology