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| Published: August 14, 2021
Qualitative Research: An Overview
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DIP: 18.01.065.20210903
DOI: 10.25215/0903.065
ABSTRACT
Qualitative research methods are increasingly gaining importance among researchers who want to conduct an in-depth study of a phenomena. Qualitative research stands in contrast with quantitative methods as it is not concerned with numbers, frequencies or generalization rather with people, their experiences and see them as unique case. The inquiry done through this method is exploratory, explanatory and more humane, which takes into consideration all the aspects and looks at a situation in totality. The aim is to study each case as a whole, and generalization is not the ultimate goal but understanding a person, his life, experiences and his perspectives. This paper is an overview of qualitative research methods, its evolution, features, characteristics and various axioms of Naturalistic Inquiry. It also touches upon the themes and variations present in qualitative research. Thus, it gives a brief glimpse into theory and concept of qualitative research methods.
Keywords
Qualitative research, Naturalistic inquiry, Case Study, Axioms
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2021, Tandon T.
Received: May 22, 2021; Revision Received: July 26, 2021; Accepted: August 14, 2021
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.065.20210903
10.25215/0903.065
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Published in Volume 09, Issue 3, July- September, 2021