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Qualitative Research
Concepts
Most quantitative research texts
identify three primary types of
research:
Exploratory research on a
concept people or situation
that the researcher !no"s
little a#out$
%escriptive research on a
concept people or situation
that the researcher !no"s
something a#out #ut &ust
"ants to descri#e "hat he'she
has found or o#served$
1 paradigm is a /"orldvie"0
or a set of assumptions a#out
ho" things "or!$
2s an individual:s perception of
the truth determined #y his or
her experiences and
interactions "ith other people9
3hould society change or should
it stay the same9
2s it the researcher:s
responsi#ility to change
society9
Conducting research in a
systematic "ay$
2ncrease !no"ledge of
people or situations that
are not usually studied
*especially the
experiences of "omen
persons of color and
people "ho are often
marginali>ed in society+