The Qualitative Report Volume 9 Number 2 June 2004 176-191 http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR9-2/bender.pdf The Implications of Sex Tourism on Men’s Social‚ Psychological‚ and Physical Health Kimberly Bender South County Center Mental Health Services‚ Alexandria‚ Virginia‚ USA Rich Furman University of Nebraska-Omaha‚ Omaha‚ Nebraska‚ USA This article explores sex tourism and possible concerns for the male sex tourist through a content analysis of sex tourism web sites. This qualitative‚ exploratory
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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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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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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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categories of research methodologies‚ the quantitative and the qualitative‚ and they both are used to answer research questions but in different ways. The main distinctions between these approaches lie in foundational premises related to how human beings understand the nature of the world in a better way (Willis‚ 2007). The selection of the approach to be used will depend on the research problem to be analyzed.
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several All My Life items and descriptions from John Freyer’s sale listings‚ the item I chose to compare with other EBay listings was his “Road Trip Cooler tag #000154”. I found a similar item on EBay‚ the 36 quart Marine Performance Cooler that was slightly used. The similarities are both items are being sold from everyday people. These items are things that you can get the items for a better and cheaper price than an actual store. Both items being auctioned has a description of the item. It also include
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measurable data are being gathered and analyzed in quantitative research. Qualitative research focuses on gathering of mainly verbal data rather than measurements. Gathered information is then analyzed in an interpretative manner‚ subjective‚ impressionistic or even diagnostic. Here’s a more detailed point-by-point comparison between the two types of research: 1. Goal or Aim of the Research The primary aim of a Qualitative Research is to provide a complete‚ detailed description of the research
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critique a qualitative study? Powers (2011a) states‚ “All scientific evidence is important to clinical decision making‚ and all evidence must be critically appraised to determine its contribution to that decision making” (p. 135). A qualitative study attempts to describe an experience from the participant’s perspective. Additionally‚ to enhance understanding‚ the objective of a qualitative study is to increase awareness of human experiences. Performing a critical appraisal of qualitative research requires
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COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS The quantitative and qualitative research traditions can be thought of as distinct cultures marked by different values‚ beliefs‚ and norms. Qualitative research methods are complex meaningful analyses characterized by processes and meanings that are not measured in terms of mathematical measurements. Quantitative research however‚ relies and builds on mathematical procedures and methods‚ such as frequency‚ quality‚ amount and
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Green revolution Green Revolution refers to a series of research‚ development‚ and technology transfer initiatives‚ occurring between the 1940s and the late 1970s‚ that increased agriculture production around the world‚ beginning most markedly in the late 1960s. It forms a part of the ’neo-colonial’ system of agriculture wherein agriculture was viewed more of a commercial sector than a subsistence one.[1] The initiatives‚ led by Norman Borlaug‚ the "Father of the Green Revolution" credited with
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