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Gocela, Tristian James, Gonio, Joy G., Lao, Estiffy Dale H., Lintua, Jessie C., Los Baños, Laarnie M., Professor Lloyd Sajol, MPsy
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This chapter introduces and focuses on qualitative research, specifically the research problems, purpose statements, and research questions used in the study. It covers different types of research questions including exploratory, explanatory, descriptive, and emancipatory questions. This is a useful resource for students or researchers in psychology.
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FIELD METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY CHAPTER 6: INTRODUCING AND FOCUSING THE STUDY Presented to: Professor Lloyd Sajol, MPsy Presented by: Gocela, Tristian James Gonio, Joy G. Lao, Estiffy Dale H....
FIELD METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY CHAPTER 6: INTRODUCING AND FOCUSING THE STUDY Presented to: Professor Lloyd Sajol, MPsy Presented by: Gocela, Tristian James Gonio, Joy G. Lao, Estiffy Dale H. Lintua, Jessie C. Los Baños, Laarnie M. TERMS DEFINITION OF TERMS REMARKS CHAPTER 6: INTRODUCING AND FOCUSING THE STUDY 6.1 The Research Problem The intent of a research problem in qualitative research is to provide a rationale or need for studying a particular issue or "problem.” are found in personal experience with an issue, a job-related problem, an adviser's research agenda, or the scholarly literature. Begins with authors stating the research problem of the study. In the first few paragraphs of a design for a study, the qualitative researcher introduces the "problem" leading to the study. The term "problem" may be a misnomer, and individuals unfamiliar with writing Qualitative study research may struggle with this writing passage. Rather than calling this passage the "problem," it might be clearer if it will be called the "need for the study." It is important in qualitative research to provide a rationale or reason for studying the problem. 6.2 Purpose Statement a statement that provides the major objective or intent, or "road map," to the study. The purpose statement needs to be carefully constructed and written in clear and concise language. In the purpose statement The writer identifies the specific qualitative approach used in the study by mentioning the type. The name of the approach comes first in the passage, thus foreshadowing the inquiry approach for data collection, analysis, and report writing. The writer encodes the passage with words that indicate the action of the researcher and the focus of the approach to research. identify several words that a researcher would include in a purpose statement to encode the purpose statement for the approach chosen. The writer identifies the central phenomenon. The central phenomenon is the one, central concept being explored or examined in the research study. The writer foreshadows the participants and the site for the study, whether the participants are one individual (i.e., narrative or case study), several individu- als (i.e., grounded theory or phenomenology), a group (i.e., ethnography), or a site (i.e., program, event, activity, or place in a case study). 6.3 Research Question Distinct and easily found in a study. 6.3.1 Central Questions The broadest question that can be asked about the topic you are studying in your qualitative project 6.3.1.1 4 Types of Research Questions Exploratory To investigate phenomenon little understood Explanatory To explain patterns related to phenomenon Descriptive To describe the phenomenon Emancipatory To engage in social action about the phenomenon. Open-ended, evolving, and nondirectional; restate the purpose of the study in more Qualitative Research specific terms; start with a word such as "what" or "how" rather than "why"; and are Questions few in number (five to seven). Type of open-ended interview question used in qualitative research, where the Grand tour interviewer asks a broad question to encourage the participant to provide a comprehensive overview of a topic. 6.3.2 Subquestions An author typically presents a small number of subquestions that follow the central question. One model for conceptualizing these subquestions is to use either issue questions or topical questions. Address the major concerns and perplexities to be resolved. Issue subquestions They take the phenomenon in the central research questions and break it down into subtopics for examination. Topical subquestions cover the anticipated needs for information. topical outline will be used by some researchers as the primary conceptual structure and by others as subordinate to the issue structure. questions that advance the procedural steps in the process of research, steps that are typically conducted within one of the approaches to research.
