Qualitative Research Flashcards
What general topics does qualitative research cover?
thoughts, beliefs, feelings, views, lifestyles
What is the qualitative research process?
collection, analysis, interpretation of narrative data to gain insights into a phenomenon of interest
What is the purpose of qualitative research?
to promote a deep and holistic understanding
What is the DESCRIPTIVE METHOD about?
- current phenomenon
- answering a hypothesis
- determining and describing participants and contexts
What are the different types of descriptive methods?
- case
- survey
- assessment and educational study
- comparative
- correlational
- trace
- trends and projection
- documentary
What is a CASE STUDY?
detailed and in-depth, few respondents, lengthy procedure
What is a SURVEY?
gathering relatively limited data from a large number of cases
What are the different types of surveys?
- total population
- sample
- public
- school
- poll
- market
- community
- job analysis
- cross-sectional
- longitudinal
- comparative
What is a TOTAL POPULATION survey about?
surveying an entire population
What is a SAMPLE survey about?
surveying a subset of the population
What is a PUBLIC/SOCIAL survey about?
opinion of the public, news
What is a SCHOOL survey about?
surveying students, staff, parents
What does a POLL entail?
one question to test satisfaction
What is a MARKET survey about?
surveying consumers and employees
Who carries out COMMUNITY surveys?
nurses
What areas does a JOB ANALYSIS survey cover?
performance, evaluation, satisfaction
Where is a CROSS-SECTIONAL survey used?
court cases
How long does a LONGITUDINAL survey take?
10-20 years, similar to trace study and case study
What does a COMPARATIVE SURVEY do?
compares two variables to see which is better
What is an ASSESSMENT AND EDUCATIONAL study?
health-related study
What is a COMPARATIVE STUDY?
formal procedure to compare 2 variables to conclude which is better
What is a CORRELATIONAL study about?
relationship between 2 or more variables
What does a TRACE study do?
follows development of conditions/sets of people
What is a TRENDS AND PROJECTION study for?
for marketing and business proposals
What do you do for a DOCUMENTARY study?
interpreting documents to assess a topic, coding to theme
What are examples of trace studies?
increasing COVID-19 cases, LCUP graduates and their employability
What are examples of school surveys?
effectiveness of online class, determining qualifications of LCUP teachers
What is an example of a job analysis survey?
unemployment in the philippines
What is an example of a case study topic?
implementation of k-12 curriculum
What is an example of an assessment and educational study topic?
COVID-19 mortality rate
What is an example of a documentary study?
analyzing school records for student grades
What is an example of a poll/public study?
public opinion on academic freeze
