What are the key characteristics of qualitative research?
One good summary list of the key characteristics is Pattons list of the 12 major characteristics of qualitative research given on page 362: 1. Naturalistic inquiry, 2. Emergent design flexibility, 3. Purposeful sampling, 4. Qualitative data, 5. Personal experience and engagement, 6. Empathic neutrality and mindfulness, 7. Dynamic systems, 8. Unique case orientation, 9. Inductive and creative synthesis, 10. Holistic perspective, 11. Context sensitivity, 12. Voice, perspective, and reflexivity. Characteristics 1-3 are design strategies. Characteristics 4-7 are data-collection and fieldwork strategies. Characteristics 8-12 are analysis strategies. You can see the explanations for each of the 12 characteristics in Table 12.1 on page 362. You should also review at this time our list contrasting the key characteristics of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed research shown in Table 2.1 on page 31. This list was also shown in lecture two. Basically, qualitative research in its pure form tends
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