Qualitative Research

Question 1

types of qualitative

Answer 1

• observational
• interview
• narrative
• case study

Question 2

structured interviews (quantitative)

Answer 2

• Fixed set of questions
• Fixed set of possible responses
• Formal, standardized administration

Question 3

semistructured (qualitative)

Answer 3

• General, open ended questions
• Flexible and adaptive
• Follow-up questions

Question 4

unstructured (qualitative)

Answer 4

• Driven by interviewee
• Resembles conversation
• Adaptive: clarification, follow-up

Question 5

narrative

Answer 5

• Subject’s story
• Autobiography
• Construct profile from interviews, personal
  experience, photos, clinical records
• “deep, holistic and complex understanding”

Question 6

case study

Answer 6

• description of single individual

- selected as an example of the typical

Question 7

intrinsic case study

Answer 7

Focus on specific individual, topic, event, place

Question 8

instrumental case study

Answer 8

-Case facilitates understanding of a particular issue
-“this case illustrates how hearing loss is related to language
development”

Question 9

collective case study

Answer 9

Group of cases to illustrate generalizable phenomena