Qualitative research seems to be very personal. I believe it would allow the researcher to get even more involved with what they are studying because you have a lot of direct interaction throughout the researching process. With qualitative research you deal directly with people, in which you may interview, and many others who want to share their experiences. It seems to be very hands on. Out of the four research designs, I believe I would be using the case study in order to gather information for my collaborative research project. In the article, it states that a case study allows the most depth than any other design. This will be helpful because we will be working directly with people, and we want to be able to get to the bottom of the question that we base our research off of. For this research project, we are required to do, at least, one interview. Our interview will be semi-structured because we will want the interview to go in a certain direction, but we will be open to move in another direction if needed. Interviews take a lot of time to prepare, but this is what qualitative research is all about, being personal. When we conduct our interview, I would like to record the interview. It will make the person we are interviewing feel more comfortable, and it will allow us to truly analyze the information. Finally, I would think that our collaborative research project will need some type of observation, and this will give us another element of qualitative research.
Narrative inquiry and qualitative research seem to go hand in hand with one another. Narrative inquiry is also personal, but I think it becomes very personal for the researchers as well as the narrative(s), observation, etc. that are being interpreted. I believe that this will apply to our collaborative research project because when the group is trying to interpret/answer the focus question we will start to connect to the question and read into what is being observed around us. In the article, they talk about interpreting all form of narratives: stories, observations, interviews, etc. In our case, we will be using narrative inquiry when we interview. After the interview is over we will continue to use narrative inquiry as we go back and listen to the interview repeatedly. Overall, qualitative research and narrative inquiry will both be of huge importance in our collaborative research project.
Narrative inquiry and qualitative research seem to go hand in hand with one another. Narrative inquiry is also personal, but I think it becomes very personal for the researchers as well as the narrative(s), observation, etc. that are being interpreted. I believe that this will apply to our collaborative research project because when the group is trying to interpret/answer the focus question we will start to connect to the question and read into what is being observed around us. In the article, they talk about interpreting all form of narratives: stories, observations, interviews, etc. In our case, we will be using narrative inquiry when we interview. After the interview is over we will continue to use narrative inquiry as we go back and listen to the interview repeatedly. Overall, qualitative research and narrative inquiry will both be of huge importance in our collaborative research project.
