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Authors
Mesquita, Cristina
Advisor(s)
Abstract(s)
Qualitative research is the method of choice when the research question
requires an understanding of processes, events and relationships in the
context of the social and cultural situation. Instead of generating
numerical data supporting or refuting c\ear cut hypotheses, qualitative
research aims to produce factual descriptions based ou face-to-face,
knowledge of individuaIs and social groups in their natural settings.
Qualitative research is useful for obtaining insight into situations and
problems conceming which one may have little knowledge.
Qualitative researchers are primarily concemed with practice and process
rather than outcomes. That is, they focus on the process that is occurring
instead of the outcome of that processo The focus is on participants'
perceptions and experiences and the way they make sense oftheir lives.
In that sense, qualitative research is concemed with understandin~ and
interpreting another person's social world through accessing their lived
experiences. Because of that the quaIhative researcher starts his work with
two basic questions: What do I what to now? What set of techniques do I
need to find out what I want to now?
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Keywords
Qualitative Research Qualitative Methods
Citation
Mesquita, Cristina (2014). Scientific research on democratic governance: methodology of scientific research: theory and practice. In Democratic governance and social responsibility for a better and secure Europe: IDEMOS Europe1. Romania: Universității din Pitești. p. 55-71. ISBN 978-606-560-380-6