QUALITATIVE RESEARCH DESIGNS

1. QUALITATIVE
RESEARCH
DESIGNS
DR. MAHESWARI JAIKUMAR

3. QUALITATIVE RESEARCHES
S.No TYPE
1 PHENOMENOLOGICAL RESEARCH
2 ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH
3 GROUNDED THEORY
4 HISTORICAL RESEARCH
5 CASE STUDY
6 ACTION RESEARCH

4. TYPES
TYPE MEANING &
DESCRIPTION
PHENOMENOLOGICAL
RESEARCH
PHENOMENOLOGICAL
RESEARCH EXAMINES
HUMAN EXPERIENCES
THROUGH THE
DESCRIPTIONS
PROVIDED BY PEOPLE
INVOLVED

5. TYPE MEANING &
DESCRIPTION
ETHNOGRAPHIC
RESEARCH
INVOLVES THE
INFORMATION COLLECTED
FROM CERTAIN CULTURAL
GROUPS, BY LIVING WITH
PEOPLE OF THOSE GROUPS
& FROM THEIR KEY
INFORMANTS, WHO ARE
BELIEVED TO BE THE MOST
KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT
THE SELECTED CULTURE

6. TYPE MEANING &
DESCRIPTION
GROUNDED
THEORY
Theory is
developed
inductively from a
corpus of data
acquired by a
participant
observer

7. TYPE MEANING &
DESCRIPTION
HISTORICAL
RESEARCH
Systematic collection &
objective evaluation of data
related to past occurrences
in order to test hypotheses
concerning causes, effects,
or trends of these events
that may help to explain
present events & anticipate
future events.

8. TYPE MEANING &
DESCRIPTION
CASE STUDIES Research on a
phenomenon by
studying in depth a
single case example.
The case can be an
individual person, an
event, a group or an
institution.

9. TYPE MEANING &
DESCRIPTION
ACTION
RESEARCH
Seeks action to
improve practices
& study the effect
of the action that
was taken