PRACTICAL RESEARCH 1 based on the flow of observation and

objectives of the researcher.

Characteristics of Qualitative Research - For example, a researcher noticed
that toddlers tend to talk more with
Naturalistic one another when there is no adult
supervision. Then, the researcher
- Qualitative research is a form of starts to form questions in order to
natural inquiry because it focuses on understand why this phenomenon
studying its subject in a natural happens.
setting. This trait sets qualitative
research apart from most Holistic
quantitative research that tries to
control the independent variables - Holistic perspective focuses on the
and see how they can affect the entirety of the phenomenon. With
dependent variables. this approach, every piece of
information is treated with care in
- For example, if a researcher wants order to paint the whole picture .
to determine the behavior of a Qualitative research tends to create
toddler without adult supervision, the a narrative regarding the whole
researcher must focus on observing system it is focusing on rather than
the toddler in his/her natural setting dissecting each part and knowing its
without manipulating any part of the effect on the entire system.
toddler’s environment.
- For example, a researcher may gain
Inductive more understanding of toddler
behavior by observing both male
- Qualitative research utilizes and female groups. The
inductive analysis. Inductive analysis observations on male groups might
is a qualitative approach that derives not be directly applicable to the
primary research findings by looking female groups and vice versa. With
for patterns or themes from the this, the researcher must consider
collected data. that in order to understand the
- In this approach, researchers entire phenomenon, each set of data
usually start their research process can be both right and wrong
with specific observations, then form depending on the group being
questions along the way in order to observed in the study
explore the data to come up with a
generalization or a theory that Empathic Neutrality
explains it.
- - While it is impossible to become
- Also called the BOTTOM-UP completely neutral, the researc
approach, most hypotheses or her must be keen in observing
generalizations continuously change neutrality while gathering data and
writing the findings . A qualitative
 research must be neutral and must young as 13 years old are getting
not manifest the personal judgment married to older men in a community
and opinion of the researcher. in Palawan.

- For example, it would be extremely Grounded Theory

difficult for a researcher not to judge
a toddler who is more naughty and - Grounded theory aims to
aggressive as compared to more explain a phenomenon and the
behaved toddlers. This scenario evolution of its course of action.
illustrates the difficulties of being Most of the time, grounded theory
completely neutral while collecting deals with research topics that look
and analyzing the data. at a large number of subjects. At the
same time, grounded theory
TYPES OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH forms theoretical models based
on published data
Phenomenology
- This research design can be useful
- is a type of qualitative research that for a linguist who wants to come up
describes participants' lived with an explanation or a theory on
experiences of a specific event the kind of utterances produced by
. This research design uses children who have been exposed to
interviews, observation, and surveys smartphones at a very young age.
in gathering data from the sample.
Case Study
- This research design can be used by
a team leader of a sales team in - Case study deals with an
order to understand in-depth look at one specific subject.
the emotions of his team members In a case study, the subject
whenever they are not reaching their can be a specific person. The
quota. subject can also be in the form of an
entire business, organization, town,
Ethnography or a city. Usually, data are collected
from various sources and
- In ethnographic study, the experience trials, then compiled to
researcher is immersed into the form a bigger conclusion.
natural setting of the subjects
for a long period of time. The - This research design is highly
primary purpose of this design is to utilized in the management of a
understand the culture and patient exhibiting specific
experiences of a group of people in conditions. The findings in a case
their natural environment. This study will eventually serve as the
research design is useful for a social basis in the establishment of a
worker who wants to understand standard medical procedure for
why girls as
 managing a specific disease or situation as it develops into a full-
ailment. blown story.
- Grounded theory and case study
differ in terms of sample sizes. - This research design can be used
Grounded theory deals with a large in defining buyer personas, which
sample size while case study can be utilized to
focuses on a single individual or develop marketing innovations that
organization. appeal to a target market. Narrative
review is also a good method for
Historical Review building a bibliographical
documentation of the life of a
- Historical review is a type of relevant personality in society. This
qualitative research that aims to is particularly helpful for historians.
describe past events to fully
understand the current patterns
needed for making future decisions

- This aims to answer questions that

are merely based on hypothetical
ideas, and then utilize available
resources to test the idea. This
research design can be used to
analyze the possible evolution of
human society based on
comparative historical research on
human behavior, hierarchy, and
status, as well as social
characteristics using past and
present data.

Narrative Review

- Narrative review is usually being

used to document changes in
human perspective or behavior. It
may also involve events or
phenomena in the society. The
narrative analysis can be extended
over certain periods of time that try
to update the data as it happens. In
a narrative review, the researcher
needs to identify a certain starting
point and assess the