Response to Christian Scannell 

Hi Christian, nice piece of work over there, Qualitative research seeks to develop an understanding of a specific social phenomenon and the manner in which people perceives such phenomenon and their meanings (Denzin& Lincoln, 2013). In any situation, an individual perceives it different to the individual and generates a meaning. Qualitative research seeks to unearth how people construct meanings. It helps in the development of ideas and insights in to different problems. Qualitative research methods concentrate on the how and why of decision making (Denzin& Lincoln, 1994). In addition, qualitative research analysis is usually based on a specific case study.

References

Denzin, N. K., & Lincoln, Y. S. (2013). Chapter 1: Introduction: The discipline and practice of qualitative research. In The landscape of qualitative research (4^th ed., pp 1-44). Thousand Oaks, CA. Sage Publications

Denzin, N. K., & Lincoln, Y. S. (1994). Handbook of qualitative research. Sage Publications, Inc.

.Response to Nancy Delmaire 

Hi Nancy, great analysis, I agree with you that Qualitative research seeks to discover and describe in narrative reporting what particular people do in their everyday lives and what their actions mean to them (Erickson, 2011). Qualitative research looks to analyze people beliefs, actions, behaviors and social interactions. The qualitative research commonly addresses questions of social problems. It seeks to discover what a particular people do and what these actions mean to these specific people. With the cultural differences, different actions or phenomenons may mean different in different cultures (Denzin& Lincoln, 1994). From the historical times, descriptive reporting of the everyday practices of people has always flourished.

References

Denzin, N. K., & Lincoln, Y. S. (1994). Handbook of qualitative research. Sage Publications, Inc

Erickson, F.  (2011). Chapter 3:  A history of qualitative inquiry in social and educational research.  In N. K. Denzion, & Y. S. Lincoln (eds.), the SAGE handbook of qualitative research (4^thed., pp. 43-58).  Thousand Oaks, CA:  SAGE Publications.

Response to Walter Fennell 

Hi Walter, I like your opening statement that qualitative research learn firsthand how people live and behave. It has the element of looking at things from a natural setting. Qualitative research was mainly formed as a science to study the society (Frankfort & Nachmias, 2008). It studies the society in its natural form. Naturally, it does not attempt to influence the social phenomenon rather it studies the phenomenon in its natural form. Some of the data collection methods utilized in qualitative research includes interviewing, observations, documents, cultural records and analysis of artifacts (Erickson, 2011). These are methods that do not interfere with the participants rather they concentrate on what they participant or documents have to say.

References

Erickson, F. (2011). A history of qualitative inquiry in social and educational research. The Sage handbook of qualitative research, 4, 43-59.

Frankfort-Nachmias, C., & Nachmias, D. (2008).Research methods in the social sciences (7th ed.). New York: Worth.

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