THE SCOPE AND NATURE OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH SFR780 GOODWIN TWO CULTURES OF RESEARCH* Humanistic Research Natural Science Research Individuals and relations Properties or attributes of objects Development is of interest to the researcher Objects normally are not assumed to change during course of study Intensive study of small number of individuals Objects/individuals studied in natural surroundings Study many specimens‚ sample
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Qualitative Sociology‚ Vol. 24‚ No. 3‚ 2001 Analyzing Interview Data: The Development and Evolution of a Coding System Cynthia Weston‚1 Terry Gandell‚ Jacinthe Beauchamp‚ Lynn McAlpine‚ Carol Wiseman‚ and Cathy Beauchamp This paper describes the process used by a research team to develop a coding system for analyzing data from interview transcripts and situates the process within approaches to qualitative analysis. Successive versions of the coding scheme illustrate its development over several
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Project Selection – Qualitative Factors Introduction: The selection of a project or a portfolio of projects constitutes one of the main problems that managers are faced with. Decision of selecting an engineering‚ construction or R&D project is often fundamental for business survival. Such decisions usually involve prediction of future outcomes considering different alternatives. These predictions are not known with certainty‚ which results in a high level of uncertainty in managerial
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract Sports fandom consists of cognitive and affective‚ as well as behavioural components. Existing sports fan research utilises either strong qualitative‚ or more often‚ strong quantitative methodologies. The strengths and weaknesses of each approach are outlined‚ developing the argument that the use of a single methodology often fails to explore all of these components. The use of a mixed methods approach is
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Introduction Longitudinal Qualitative Research is a relatively recent development which has yet to be fully articulated as a coherent methodology (Neale & Flowerdew‚ 2003:189)‚ although examples of this style of research can be traced back several decades. There are few books which deal with it in any depth (although see Saldana‚ 2003). In this essay I am going to; outline longitudinal qualitative research (QLR); address the main features of it; provide an outline of its strengths and weaknesses;
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POVERTY – AS A QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE CONCEPT (With reference to the Indian context) What does it really mean to be poor? The First World countries are often referred to as the “industrialized” nations as against the Third World “developing” nations. What does it imply when you describe a nation as “developing”? Can lack of mere material resources imply deprivation? Doesn’t a strong economy in a developed nation lose gravity of ground when the major proportion of its population struggles
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Abstract The issue of bias in qualitative research is an important one‚ and demands special attention and discussion in any qualitative research methods class. This reflective paper‚ written in the tradition of teacher-research‚ presents an analysis of how my students and I‚ working in an online classroom environment‚ learn together about the role researcher self and subjectivity play in designing and conducting qualitative research. While researcher bias and subjectivity are commonly understood
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INTRODUCTION Risk management is the process of thinking systematically about all possible risk‚ problems risks‚ problems or disaster before they happen and setting up procedures that will avoid the risk‚ or minimize the impact. It is basically set up process where you can identify risks and set the strategy to control. My project is to manage risks in an Italian restaurant named “Pedro Pizza Parlour” that located near Wynyard Station. This restaurant provides a delivery services by contactor
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Introduction To establish a business in another country‚ you need to analyse different aspects of the country such as culture‚ economy‚ politics‚ demographic data‚ and financial. All this is to be able to learn more about the country and to find out if it is risky or safe enough. During the late 18th and 19th centuries‚ Great Britain established colonies and protectorates in the area of current Malaysia; these were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. In 1948‚ the British ruled territories
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Proceedings of the 2009 Winter Simulation Conference M. D. Rossetti‚ R. R. Hill‚ B. Johansson‚ A. Dunkin and R. G. Ingalls‚ eds. USING SIMULATION ANALYSIS FOR MINING PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT Undram Chinbat Soemon Takakuwa Furo-cho‚ Nagoya University Chikusa-ku Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration‚ Nagoya University Nagoya‚ 464-8601‚ JAPAN ABSTRACT As a result of the current economic crisis‚ which led to metal prices fall‚ mining company managers have been encouraged to cut costs
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