Qualitative Analysis

For a successful thesis, it is imperative to consider the research question for a qualitative investigation.

The design of the study is greatly influenced with the way in which research questions are formulated. Questions must be formulated as clearly as possible, and this should happen in the early part of the dissertation. During the course of the Dissertation, however, questions become more and more concrete, more focused and revised.

The design of a qualitative study is the result of a series of decisions. Shaping the study in a more organised and concrete way necessitates not only the knowledge interest of a study but also the contextual conditions. These include resources, aims, expectations from the research fraternity, and the like. A list of basic designs in qualitative research is available. Design in qualitative research has much to do with the planning research; it has less to do with control than in quantitative research, though it surely plays an important role here too.

Grounded Theory: A Step By Step process

Qualitative Research: Triangulation

Triangulation can extend the methodological and theoretical access to the issue and field of study thus requiring more effort and resources. It allows integration of a variety of qualitative approaches into a more general research design. Triangulation may be used as an approach for further grounding the knowledge obtained with qualitative methods. Grounding here does not refer to assessing results but to systematically extend and complete the possibilities of knowledge production. Triangulation is less a strategy for validating results and procedures than an alternative to validation, which increases scope, depth, and consistency in methodological proceedings.

Sampling decisions in the research process

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