The field of public health is full of puzzling questions, complicated relationships, and slowly evolving events– phenomena leaving gaps in understanding that invite qualitative methods to fill
(Rubin and Rubin 1995, p.51)
Probe..
Qualitative research is a tool to better understanding of the human condition.
Qualitative research is more about hearing, listening and interpreting.
How and why… Ask them..
Qualitative researchers seek answers to their questions in the real world. They gather what they see, hear, and read from people and places and from events and activities .. Their purpose is to learn about some aspects of the social world and to generate new understandings that an be used by that social world.
the first step of grounded theory is start with open mind…
In grounded theory, you should understand contradictory statements.
Research is not a clinical or academic ct, it is human interaction on a very personal level.
I had to be a partner and a listener in the human act of research.
How you position yourself on continuum will ultimately influence the kind of research you conduct.
Positivist
Interpretivist
Feminist
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