EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

EDUCATION UGC NET

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

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Which of the following is not the critical feature of qualitative research?
A
Researcher becomes immersed in the situation, present or past related to the phenomena.
B
Seeking to establish relationships among measured social facts.
C
Actual settings are the direct source of data.
D
Data take the forms of words or pictures.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Features of Qualitative Research: The objective is to explore a phenomenon to gain understanding by diving deeper into the problem. Used qualitative methods of data collection such as interviews, focus groups, observation, etc. The sample size is kept small.

Detailed explanation-2: -What qualitative research is not: Quantifiable: Surveys, even those that include open‐ended questions, are never qualitative, neither is putting numbers to frequencies of word occurrences.

Detailed explanation-3: -The main features that distinguish qualitative study from quantitative are the approach, goal, setting, sampling, data collection and data analysis.

Detailed explanation-4: -Natural environment (natural setting). Researcher as a key instrument (researcher as key instrument). Multiple sources of data. Inductive data analysis. The meaning of the participants (participant’s meaning). Design that develops (emergent design). More items •21-Nov-2020

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