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 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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Qualitative Interview Volunteerism is a fundamental principle in my personal life as it addresses my desire to help others. This quality has been a part of me since childhood. I have vivid early memories of wanting to help my grade school classmates who would come to school visibly less fortunate than others. These desires followed me through adulthood and lead me to a career in social work. I chose this topic to research because no one in my immediate family volunteered or spoke of volunteerism
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CONSIDER THE LOBSTER The enormous‚ pungent‚ and extremely well-marketed Maine Lobster Festival is held every late July in the state’s midcoast region‚ meaning the western side of Penobscot Bay‚ the nerve stem of Maine’s lobster industry. What’s called the midcoast runs from Owl’s Head and Thomaston in the south to Belfast in the north. (Actually‚ it might extend all the way up to Bucksport‚ but we were never able to get farther north than Belfast on Route 1‚ whose summer traffic is‚ as you
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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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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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This writer has chosen to critique of the qualitative research article by Miller‚ Riley‚ and Davis‚ 2009‚ “Identifying key nursing and team behaviors to achieve high reliability”. The characteristics of qualitative research were found in the conduct of this study based on High-reliability theory is more popular in healthcare to enhance quality and safety of patient care. The study based on evaluation of the extent of reliability of nurses’ behavior within interdisciplinary teams while attending critical
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Introduction According to Craig and Smyth (2002) cited in Boswell and Cannon (2010:Chapter) “Evidence-based practice has emerged from the desire of the majority of healthcare providers (both institutions and individual) to do what is right for the patient and what will result in more good than harm.” The Nursing Council of Hong Kong has devised a Code of Ethics for an accurate representation ofNurses’ ethical responsibilities since 1999. Code of Professional Conduct and Code of Ethics for Nurses
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The corporate strategy guides organization’s positioning in terms of responsiveness‚ cost leadership and product differentiation. In broad terms‚ corporate strategy is concerned with the broad decision making like choosing the business network‚ capacity utilization etc. The corporate strategy dictates the detailed strategies for each functional area such as Human resource‚ Operations‚ Finance‚ and Marketing. The changes in corporate strategy has often lead to downsizing ‚unbundling ‚and increased
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