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Ghulammurtaza 2044 3617 1 Chapter 4 Qualitative Research Methods
Ghulammurtaza 2044 3617 1 Chapter 4 Qualitative Research Methods
Qualitative Research
• Introduction
• Differences between qualitative and quantitative
research
• Study design in qualitative research
• Method of data collection
• Handling qualitative data
• Analyzing qualitative data
• Presenting the results of qualitative research
• Photographs
– Good way of collecting observable data of phenomena
which can be captured in a single shots or series of shots
– Photographs of buildings, neighborhoods, dress and
appearance
• Documentation
– Wide range of written materials
– Policy document, annual reports, minutes of meeting,
codes of conduct, notice boards etc.
• Content analysis
– Procedure for categorization of verbal or behavioral data
– It involves coding and classifying data
– Analysis done at two levels:
• Basic or manifest level: descriptive – what was actually said
• Higher or interpretative level: what was meant by response – also
called latent level of analysis