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This document discusses qualitative research. It defines qualitative research as research that produces non-statistical findings to understand meanings and processes rather than just measurements. It explores human behavior from the subject's perspective. Qualitative research aims to understand opinions, experiences, feelings through close interaction with subjects in natural settings. Common qualitative research designs include phenomenology, ethnography, grounded theory, and case studies. The document also discusses ethics in qualitative research, noting key principles of respecting autonomy, avoiding harm, and maintaining confidentiality and informed consent.

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Ethics

This document discusses qualitative research. It defines qualitative research as research that produces non-statistical findings to understand meanings and processes rather than just measurements. It explores human behavior from the subject's perspective. Qualitative research aims to understand opinions, experiences, feelings through close interaction with subjects in natural settings. Common qualitative research designs include phenomenology, ethnography, grounded theory, and case studies. The document also discusses ethics in qualitative research, noting key principles of respecting autonomy, avoiding harm, and maintaining confidentiality and informed consent.

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QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

 Any kind of research that produced findings not arrived at by means of statistical
procedures or other means quantification.
 It is concerned more with meanings and processes rather than simply measurements.
 Qualitative research is based on a methodology which seeks to understand human
behaviour from the subjects own frame of reference, hence it is called
Phenomenological.
 Aims to elicit the individual contextualized understanding of a problem
 Achieved through designs that minimize researcher manipulation of social setting
 Close interaction with subjects
 Meaning and interpretation cannot be dealt with statistically

QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

• Understanding opinions, experiences, feelings of individuals or communities to produce


subjective data to make generalizations
• Exploring social phenomenon or issues by examining people or communities in their
natural settings
• Describing cultures, social stratifications and social groups in their natural settings
• Exploring relationships between individuals or communities, cultural norms, and
economic and political ideas.

TYPES OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGNS

• Phenomenology - literally, the study of phenomena; describing situations or


something that exists as part of our world

• Ethnography - the scientific study of human social phenomena and communities,


involves the descriptive study of culture and people, traditions and norms as they are
in specific geographical locations

• Grounded theory - using empirical data without preconceived theories, involves the
development of new theories by collecting and analysis of data about a phenomenon

• Case study - in-depth study of a particular situation or an intensive analysis of an


individual unit.

ETHICS IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

Ethics in Education are important because they assist to run the system smoothly. The
Ethics sets the standards of what's acceptable and what's not.
Ethics pertains to doing good and avoiding harm. Harm can be prevented or reduced
through the application of appropriate ethical principles. ... The nature of ethical problems in
qualitative research studies is subtle and different compared to problems in quantitative
research.
Rather than focusing on the consequences of an action, they draw on the principles of respect
for people's autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence and justice in making and
guiding ethical decisions in research. Respect for autonomy relates to issues of
voluntariness, informed consent, confidentiality and anonymity.
These ethical norms include issues such as requirements for honesty, requirements for
informed consent, anonymisation and storage of data, the right of access to data for
participants and duty of confidentiality for all those who undertake research
Qualitative research is a process of naturalistic inquiry that seeks an in-depth
understanding of social phenomena within their natural setting. It focuses on the "why"
rather than the "what" of social phenomena and relies on the direct experiences of human
beings as meaning-making agents in their everyday lives.

ETHICS in QR

Core ethical principles and issues of qualitative research include respect to persons, concern
for welfare, informed consent process, confidentiality and anonymity, and privacy

• Informed • Confidentiality Consent Process Respect Beneficence for Persons


Concern for Justice Welfare • Privacy • Anonymity

Ethics in qualitative research involves avoiding harming research. Qualitative researchers are
responsible for ensuring that they adhere to the guidelines of ethical principles and issues of
their research.

Power and relationship issues between researchers and participants are primary to consider in
qualitative research
• Qualitative researchers are responsible for ethical principles and issues of their
research
• Qualitative researchers need to know their participants, know what risk are involved
and how to minimize them
• Key qualitative ethical principles and issue include Respect for Persons, Concern for
Welfare, Beneficence, Justice, Informed consent, Privacy and Anonymity, and
Confidentiality.

Research ethics are important for a number of reasons. They promote the aims of research,
such as expanding knowledge. They support the values required for collaborative work, such
as mutual respect and fairness. ... They support important social and moral values, such as the
principle of doing no harm to others.

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