Choosing My Qualitative Design

Choosing My Qualitative Design

Đặng Hoàng Phương AnhHUF04 -

·       👉 Which qualitative design fits your study, and why?
In my opinion, the most suitable qualitative design for my study is phenomenology, as it focuses on exploring ...

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·       👉 Which qualitative design fits your study, and why?
In my opinion, the most suitable qualitative design for my study is phenomenology, as it focuses on exploring individuals’ lived experiences. My goal is to know how people feel and think about an issue. Phenomenology helps me to get into the details about their feelings and thoughts.

·       👉 What would be the strengths and challenges of applying this design in your research context?
One good thing about phenomenology is that it provides a lot of information. It helps to know what people really think and feel. This is good for understanding things that're hard to explain. However, talking to people and understanding what they say can take a lot of time. I also need to be careful not to let my own thoughts influence what I learn from them.

·       👉 Share an example (real or imagined) of how you might apply this design.
For instance, I can ask people questions in a conversation to know about their experiences. Then I look for things that they all say. This helps me to understand what they all think and feel. I can then use this to know how people interpret their experiences.

 

Choosing My Qualitative Design

Nguyễn Trúc Thanh VyHUF04 -
I like that you emphasized how phenomenology helps you understand feelings and thoughts that are “hard to explain” with numbers. Your example of asking conversation ...

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I like that you emphasized how phenomenology helps you understand feelings and thoughts that are “hard to explain” with numbers. Your example of asking conversation questions and looking for common things is a good start. To push your thinking further: phenomenology isn’t just about finding “things that they all say” – that sounds closer to thematic analysis in a generic qualitative study. True phenomenology seeks the essence of the lived experience, including unique variations. A question: how would you handle cases where one participant’s experience is completely different from others? Would you exclude it or include it as part of the essence? Also, what alternative design like grounded theory might help if you wanted to build a new theory about how stress develops from your data, rather than just describing experiences?