A 7 page research paper that includes a brief abstract which focuses on qualitative research methodology. It focuses on the characteristics and epistemological elements that define the topic of qualitative research, looking at foundational philosophical differences between qualitative research and quantitative research methodologies. Issues addressed include how qualitative researchers establish the validity of their studies, which includes discussion of internal and external validity. The literature also address ethical issues and how they are defined and addressed. This literature review delineates the differences between qualitative and quantitative research and also discusses the advantages of qualitative research in addressing topics related to human behavior and experience. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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research methodologies. Issues addressed include how qualitative researchers establish the validity of their studies, which includes discussion of internal and external validity. The literature also address ethical issues and how
they are defined and addressed. This literature review delineates the differences between qualitative and quantitative research and also discusses the advantages of qualitative research in addressing topics related to
human behavior and experience. Qualitative Research Methodology The methodology used to conduct scientific research falls into one of two broad paradigms, which have been traditionally interpreted
as occupying diametrical opposed positions. In quantitative research, the objective is to measure and quantify data (McKereghan, 1998). The philosophical position behind this methodology is that there are explanatory laws
that can be discerned, which suggests a view of reality as being static (McKereghan, 1998). The qualitative stance is quite different ass it assumes that reality is changing and dynamic.
The following examination of literature seeks to clarify precisely what constitutes qualitative research methodology, the assumptions that underlie this method, the role of the research and how this role differs
from the role of the researcher in quantitative research. McKereghan summarizes the dichotomies between quantitative and qualitative perspective quite well by stating the following: Quantitative research is objective;
qualitative research is subjective. Quantitative research seeks explanatory laws; qualitative research aims at in-depth description. Quantitative research measures what it assumes to be a static reality in hopes of developing
universal laws. Qualitative research is an exploration of what is assumed to be a dynamic reality. It does not claim that what is discovered in the process is universal and,
thus, replicable (McKereghan, 1998). The essence of qualitative research is to examine human behavior in detail, as it is lived. Qualitative researchers immerse themselves within a study situation,