Subject: Practical Research 1

Governor Pack Road, Baguio City, Philippines 2600

Tel. Nos.: (+6374) 442-3316, 442-8220; 444-2786;
442-2564; 442-8219; 442-8256; Fax No.: 442-6268 Grade Level/Section: Grade 12 ABM
Email: email@uc-bcf.edu.ph; Website: www.uc-bcf.edu.ph

First Trimester, SY 2020 – 2021 Subject Teacher: Josephine S. Galanza

MODULE 9

Dear Student,

Welcome to the PRACTICAL RESEARCH 1 Course offered by The

University of the Cordilleras, Integrated School, Senior High School. This
course module emphasizes on self-directed, research-based, and
outcome-based learning. The key in successfully passing this subject lies in
your commitment in learning and complying with the requirements. It is our
desire that you pass this subject fully equipped with the necessary 21 st
Century skills. This module was designed to provide you with a fun and
meaningful learning experiences and opportunities. You will be enabled to
process the content of this module while being an active learner.

Enjoy and maximize the learning while in your own homes.

Josephine S. Galanza

In this module, you will be encountering the following parts and icons. (Parts depending per subject)

This part enumerates the objectives of the module. This part shall give
TARGET you an idea of the skills or competencies you are expected to
acquire upon completion of this module.

This part includes an activity that aims to check what you already
TESTER know about the lesson to take.

In this portion, a new lesson will be introduced. This section provides a

TEACHING discussion of the lesson. This section aims to help you explore and
understand new concepts and skills.

This involves the reflective part of the module. It contains various

TAKE AWAY activities that will allow you to reflect and state what you have
learned.

This is the assessment presented at the end of each module. This

section aims to check how much have you learned from the module.
TOUCHSTONE This will also evaluate your level of mastery in achieving the learning
competency.

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 Subject: Practical Research 1
Governor Pack Road, Baguio City, Philippines 2600
Tel. Nos.: (+6374) 442-3316, 442-8220; 444-2786;
442-2564; 442-8219; 442-8256; Fax No.: 442-6268 Grade Level/Section: Grade 12 ABM
Email: email@uc-bcf.edu.ph; Website: www.uc-bcf.edu.ph

First Trimester, SY 2020 – 2021 Subject Teacher: Josephine S. Galanza

MODULE 9

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

OBJECTIVES

After completing this chapter, you’ll be able to:

1. plans data collection procedure;

2. plans data analysis; and
3. define data collection and data analysis.

CONTENT

1. Data Gathering
Procedures and
Instruments

2. Data Analysis

LECTURES

DATA GATHERING PROCEDURES AND INSTRUMENTS

In qualitative research, as soon as you know what you want to understand and
who your target participants are, you may go to the field and start your data gathering.
The important thing is you have the basic process and tool for your data collection.

Data collection is based on the objectives and the data gathering instrument that
the researcher has. As mentioned in this module and by other authors, the main data
gathering instrument in qualitative research is the researcher. This is because he/she is the
one who poses questions and receives the answers in an interview. In the case of
observation, he/she gathers questions by considering the things that he/she feels and
experiences and processes them for analysis. And in the case of document analysis, he sets
the process and criteria in analyzing the documents of interest.

Still, the researcher does not go to the field without a guide to facilitate the gathering
of data.

There are common tools used in qualitative research meant to generate words. These
includes: Intensive interviewing, Participant observation, and Focus groups.

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Intensive interviewing
A qualitative method that involves open-ended, relatively
unstructured questioning in which the interviewer seeks in-depth
information on the interviewee's feelings, experiences, and
perceptions (Lofland and Lofland 1984)

Participant observation
A qualitative method for gathering data that involves developing a
sustained relationship with people while they go about their normal
activitties

Focus groups
A qualitative method that involves unstructured group interviews in
which the focus group leader actively encourages discussion
among participants on the topics of interest

DATA ANALYSIS
Upon collecting your data using qualitative techniques, you will now begin to analyzed
the information to come up with interpretation and conclusion regarding the phenomenon
you are studying.

As mentioned in the previous discussion regarding the difference between qualitative

and quantitative research, qualitative research design is non-statistical and its data is
presented in words in order to show a rich and detailed description of the topic, to gain an
understanding of underlying reasons, motives and prevalent thoughts and opinions from the
respondents.

However, results from qualitative research could not be used to generalize a

phenomenon that is applicable across populations because it only looks at a usually small
number of selected respondents, which is non-representative. Still, the whole process,
including the selection of participants and the analysis of data, follows a scientific approach.

How do we analyze qualitative data?

Generally, analysis of data collected through a qualitative research design is in the form
of words, specifically through thematic analysis.

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Thematic Analysis

Performed through the

process of coding in six
phases to create
established, meaningful
patterns. These phases
It emphasizes pinpointing,
Is the most common are: familiarization with
examining, and recording
form of analysis in data, generating initial
patterns (themes) within
qualitative research. codes, searching for
data.
themes among codes,
reviewing themes,
defining and naming
themes, and prdoucing
the final report..

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Governor Pack Road, Baguio City, Philippines 2600
Tel. Nos.: (+6374) 442-3316, 442-8220; 444-2786;
442-2564; 442-8219; 442-8256; Fax No.: 442-6268 Grade Level/Section: Grade 12 ABM
Email: email@uc-bcf.edu.ph; Website: www.uc-bcf.edu.ph

First Trimester, SY 2020 – 2021 Subject Teacher: Josephine S. Galanza

MODULE 9

Interpretations are made continuously throughout the course of a study. As a result, one
finds the researcher’s conclusions more or less integrated with other steps in the research
process. Each design has its own way of analyzing data, but the general approach as follows:

 Read and analyze the text or transcripts line by line

 Extract significant statements and categorize the salient words or phrases
by applying labels (known as themes) to reflect concepts inherent within
the data
 Integrate the themes into a rich description of the phenomenon and offer
explanations in relation to the description of events, experiences or
incidents from the insider’s point of view or the respondent’s point of view.
 Repeat the process for all transcripts and link the identified themes or
concepts to ensure consistency and confounding ideas, thoughts, or
experiences.
 Identify relationships and come up with a more general theme that would
tie up the responses and the analysis.
 Explain the identified relationships and themes then relate it to previous
researches and theories.

Kinds of Data Analysis

Although it has been discussed that the most common data analysis technique in
qualitative research is thematic analysis, there are also different ways to analyze and interpret
qualitative data.

 Coding
 Memos (procedural or analytic)
 Analytic Induction
 Series of Events
 Critical Incidents
 Hermeneutics
 Semiotics
 Content Analysis
 Conversation Analysis
 Discourse Analysis
 Narrative Analysis
 Metaphorical Analysis

REFERENCES

Practical Research: A Step-by-Step Guidebook for the SHS and Beyond, Galanza et al,
2018.

Practical Research 1: An Introduction to Qualitative Research, Torneo et al, 2017

https://www.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/59781_Chapter_8.pdf