Buston and Wight in 2010 conducted a qualitative study (in-depth interviews) to better comprehend what motivates incarcerated male young offenders to seek STIs testing and why others have not been tested. The independent variables included characteristics of the interviewees (e.g.‚ age‚ sex education‚ sexual partner history‚ contraceptive use‚ testing for STIs‚ residential care‚ religious background‚ and education level). The dependent variable was STI testing behaviors. The sample included 40
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TROP934 - Qualitative research methods Written assignment (1500 words +/- 10%) Assignment deadline: Thursday 8th January 2015 at 23.59 Submit via Turnitin Overview For this assignment you are required to write a reflective account of your experience of designing and carrying out a qualitative research project in a group. Reflective practice is quite common in the health professions‚ and some of you may already be familiar with the process or have used models for reflecting on your work and learning
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A Companion to QUALITATIVE RESEARCH A Companion to QUALITATIVE RESEARCH Edited by Uwe Flick‚ Ernst von Kardorff and Ines Steinke Translated by Bryan Jenner SAGE Publications London ● Thousand Oaks ● New Delhi Translation © 2004 This English edition first published 2004 Originally published in the series “rowohlts enzyklopädie” under the title QUALITATIVE FORSHCHUNG – Ein Handbuch Copyright © 2000 Rowohlt Ttaschenbuch Verlag GmbH‚ Reinbek bei Hamburg Apart from any fair
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Qualitative research is a generic term for investigative methodologies described as ethnographic‚ naturalistic‚ anthropological‚ field‚ or participant observer research. It emphasizes the importance of looking at variables in the natural setting in which they are found. Interaction between variables is important. Detailed data is gathered through open ended questions. The interviewer is an integral part of the investigation (Jacob 1988). This differs from quantitative research which attempts
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Qualitative and Quantitative Research Tina Okun June 24‚ 2015 Professor Makin Research Methods and Statistics for Criminal Justice Abstract This essay will describe a research subject. The essay will discuss existing literature in regards to the subject. Variables that affect the subject will be explored. The methodology in which the research will be conducted will be revealed. The rationale of the methodology will also be provided. Lastly‚ annotated references will be included
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PART ONE Introduction to Qualitative Research CHAPTER 1 The Nature of Qualitative Research: Development and Perspectives This chapter is an attempt to trace the background of qualitative research‚ its development and its main features. It also focuses on some epistemological and methodological issues. The aim is to put the more pragmatic and practical sections in the book into a theoretical and methodological context. Qualitative research is a form of social inquiry that focuses
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Qualitative Research According to Melnyk & Fineout-Overholt (2011)‚ qualitative research is used when a “certain concept or phenomenon is not well understood or is inadequately covered in the literature (Melnyk & Fine-Overholt‚ 2011‚ p.435). Qualitative research is also used when the researcher wants to work towards a relationship with the participant (Conceptualizing‚ 2012). It is important to employ research tactics such as qualitative research so that the nurse can better understand certain
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Data-collection in Qualitative Research This Chapter is about methods and techniques in data-collection during a qualitative research. We mentioned earlier that qualitative research is eclectic. That is‚ the choice of techniques is dependent on the needs of the research. Although this should be true for almost all social research‚ it is particularly so with qualitative research in that the appropriate method or techniques is often identified and adopted during the research. Qualitative research is also
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Qualitative research can be used to explore an undergraduate cross country woman’s team culture and how each individual has an influence on the team. Wright expresses why the qualitative research method is a valuable way to collect data due to holding to the philosophical belief that each individual perceives phenomena experienced in the environment in unique ways (2014‚ p. 68). It is through this method of research that a thorough study can be done on how the cross country culture develops. Culture
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C H A P T E R O N E INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Accounting as a profession or discipline‚ has always been seen as an information-generating one‚ which fittingly makes the job of the Accountant to be that of observing economic activities‚ recording the observations in the prescribed books‚ analysing the recordings‚ interpreting his analysis and preparing reports to all users of Accounting Information. The prepared reports are generally referred to as financial statements‚ which clearly
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