Qualitative Research and Its Importance in Daily Life

Characteristics

A type of educational research in which the researcher relies on the views of participants; asks broad, general questions; collects data consisting largely words (text) from participants; describes and analyzes these words for themes; and conducts the inquiry in a subjective, biased manner”. While, qualitative research is a type of educational research in which the researcher relies on the views of participants; asks broad, general questions; collects data consisting largely words (text) from participants; describes and analyzes these words for themes; and conducts the inquiry in a subjective, biased manner. (Fraenkel.et.al. 2012).

Qualitative research can be easily characterized by carefully observing how some research elements such as: research design, data collection procedure, and

data analysis have been put into considerations.

1. Qualitative research is naturalistic.

2. Qualitative research is purposeful

3. Qualitative research is detailed.

4. Qualitative research requires engagement and neutrality.

5. Qualitative research follows an inductive procedure

6. Qualitative research is viewed in a holistic perspective

QUALITATIVE RESEARCH STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

Strengths

1. Qualitative research complements quantitative data.

2. Qualitative research provides more detailed information to explain complex issues.

3. Qualitative research is cost efficient.

Weaknesses

1. Qualitative research cannot generalize the findings to the study population.

2. Qualitative research is more difficult to analyze.

3. Qualitative research is time consuming.

IMPORTANCE OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

Qualitative research is oriented toward analyzing concrete cases in temporal and local particularity. It starts from the respondents’ perspectives, expressions, and activities in their local context. In this case, qualitative research is important across many fields of inquiry because it is designed for social sciences, psychology, and other fields. With this, qualitative research would verify or validate the tendencies, transform it into research programs, and maintain the necessary changes toward its objectives and tasks.

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Henson, R.M., and Soriano, R.F. (2016). Practical research 1 qualitative research world of reality dissections. Malabon City: Mutya Publishing House.

Clemente, R.F., Julaton, AB. E., Orleans, A.V. (2016). Science in today’s world for senior high school research in daily life 1. Quezon City: Sibs Publishing House, Inc.