Total Points: 20

Where do students nowadays spend most of their

time?

1.) Room/Bed 10

2.) School 7

3.) Internet 3

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 Total Points: 20

Name a reason you might be late for school.

1.) Traffic 10

2.) Woke up late 6

3.) Accident 4

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 Total Points: 30

Name something you never leave home without

1.) Cellphone 10

2.) Wallet 7

3.) Keys 3

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SPECULATE.. SPECULATE.. SPECULATE..

Which way do you prefer to access and

express information? Making them abound
with words? or through numerals?
 Q UA L I TAT I V E
RESEARCH
and its Importance to Daily Life
PRACTICAL RESEARCH 1

WEEK 3 Day 1
 Objectives
at the end of this lesson, the students are expected
to:

o define qualitative research, its

characteristics
and types
o present importance of knowing
.
appropriate areas or fields where each
qualitative research type could be
applicable;
o illustrate classification of qualitative
research topics according to their
kinds.
Qualitative Research Search
QUALITATIV
E RESEARCH
o Requires a non-numerical data
o Uses words to express the
results/verbal interpretation.
o Deals with thoughts, beliefs, feelings,
views and lifestyles.
 According to Baraceros (2016), Qualitative
research puts premium or high value on people’s
thinking or point of view .

o In a qualitative research, the reality is

conditioned by society and people’s intentions are
involved in explaining cause and effect
relationships.
o The most common method used is through
interview.
 Characteristics of
Q U A L I TAT I V E R E S E A R C H

1. Human
understanding and 3.
interpretation Contextualizatio
n

2. Active
powerful and 4. Specificity to
useful generalization
 Characteristics of
Q U A L I TAT I V E R E S E A R C H

5. Multiple
Approaches 7. Abound with
and Methods words and
symbols

6. Diversified
data in real-life 8. Internal
situations Analysis
 Case
Study
Ethnograp
hy
Phenomenolog
KINDS of y
QUALITATIV Content &
E Discourse
RESEARCH Grounded
Theory
Historical
1. Case Study
o Usually takes place in the field of social
care, nursing, psychology, rehabilitation
centers, education, etc.
o This involves a long-time study of a
person, group, organization, or situation.
It seeks to find answers to why such thing
occurs to the ETHNOGRAPHY
2. subject.
o Falling in the field of anthropology,
ethnography is the study of a particular
cultural group to get a clear
understanding of its organizational set-
up, internal operation, and lifestyle.
3. Phenomenology
o Its primary goal is to make people
understand their experiences about
death of loved ones, care for
handicapped persons, friendliness of
people, etc4. C o n t e n t a n a l y s i s
o requires an analysis or examination of the
substance or content of the mode of
communication
o A study of language structures used in the
medium of communication to discover the
effects of sociological, cultural, institutional,
and ideological factors on the content makes
it a discourse analysis.
5 . His t orica l Ana l ys is
o Central to this qualitative research
method is the examination of primary
documents to make you understand the
connection of past events to the present
time. 6 . Grou nd e d The ory
o This theory takes place when you
discover a new theory to underlie your
study at the time of data collection and
analysis.
o Through your observation on your
subjects, you will happen to find a
theory that applies to your current
study.
 Activity
Name the kind of
Qualitative research
best suited for the
following topics.
1. An investigation of the global
financial and economic crisis of
2015-2017.

2. A study on resilience of
the elderly suffering from
chronic diseases.
3. . Philippines’ Political Party
system: Then and Now

4. A study into the differences

between private and public sector
organizations in Atlanta, USA.
5. Level of Transitional Devices
usage in Essay Writing among
STEM students
6. Cyber-Ethnography: The
Emerging Research Approach for
21st Century Research Investigation
7. A study of the evolution of print
journalism in Bulacan through a
study of collections of newspapers.
8. A study about visual
representation of LGBTQI in a
community.
9. Language Behavior in Lusaka:
The Use of Nyanja Slang among
ICT students in Classsroom.
10. Science education in urban
settings: Seeking new ways of
praxis through critical ethnography.
 Assignment

1. Look for the “Strengths and

Weaknesses of Qualitative
Research”.
SPECULATE.. SPECULATE.. SPECULATE..

Given a chance to research, would you right

away choose qualitative research? Why or
Why not?
 S T R E N GT H S &
W E A K N E SS E S
of QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
PRACTICAL RESEARCH 1

WEEK 3 Day 2
 Objectives
at the end of this lesson, the students are expected
to:

o define the strengths and

weaknesses of qualitative
research;
o value the importance of knowing the
.
appropriate areas or fields where
qualitative research could be
o applicable;
present a descriptive essay about
the application of qualitative
research on your chosen topic.
 Strengths Weaknesses
It adopts a naturalistic Involves a lot of
approach to its subject researcher’s
matter
It promotes
. a full subjectivity in data
Hard to know the
analysis
understanding of
validity and reliability
human behavior in their
of the data.
natural setting.
Instrumental for
positive societal Long time analysis
changes.

QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
Is a scientific method of observation to gather non-numerical data.
 Strengths Weaknesses
A way of interpreting and
understanding social It is time-consuming
interactions
Increases the The results depend
researcher’s interest in on the researchers
the study
Offers multiple ways views or
of acquiring and interpretations.
examining
knowledge

QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
Is a scientific method of observation to gather non-numerical data.
 Group
Work
Think of one
good topic you can
research on
qualitatively, then
write a descriptive
essay about your
chosen topic.
 Assignment

Read about the topic

“Identifying the
Inquiry and Stating the
Problem”.
Ref: Practical Research 1
pp. 35-40