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Qualitative Research Methods Matrix

	Approach	Disciplinary Roots	Focus of Central Research Question	Unique Terminology	Primary Data Sources	Sampling Issues	Analysis Plan Guidelines	References
Submit in Week 2	Basic Qualitative Inquiry	Philosophy, history constructionism, phenomenology	· How can the experience of [an event, circumstance, program, a context] be described or explored? · What is the meaning of [a process, program, or event] to the target individual(s) of interest? · What “practical” knowledge can be learned?	Use of the words “describe,” “explore,” “experience,” and “meaning” in title and research questions	Interviews	Choice is a function of the question	Content analysis is a good choice as it is generic and exploratory	Elo et al., 2014 Merriam, 2009 Saldana, 2016 Worthington, 2013
	Qualitative Case Study
	Grounded Theory and Realism			Emergence of theory, inductive, theoretical sampling, constant comparison, open coding, axial coding, saturation, memo writing
	Phenomenology and Heuristic Inquiry		What is the meaning, structure, and essence of the lived experience of this phenomenon for this person or group of people? What is my experience of this phenomenon and the essential experience of others who also experience this phenomenon intensely?
Submit in Week 3	Social Constructivism and Narrative Inquiry					Select individuals who have directly experienced the phenomenon of interest
	Systems Theory		How and why does this system as a whole function as it does? What are the system’s boundaries and interrelationships, and how do these affect perspectives about how and why the system functions as it does?
	Ethnography and Autoethnography							Ellis, Adams & Bochner, 2011 Hoey, 2014 Rose, 1993
	Interactive and Participatory Qualitative Applications			Action research, co-researcher, participant-researcher, learning organization, dialogue, appreciative inquiry

Highlight indicates example response.

Modified from Patton, M.Q. (2014). Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods: Integrating Theory and Practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications

Qualitative Research Methods Matrix

Approach

Disciplinary Roots

Focus of Central Research

Question

Unique Terminology

Primary Data

Sources

Sampling Issues

Analysis Plan

Guidelines

References

Submit in Week 2

Basic Qualitative

Inquiry

Philosophy, history

constructionism,

phenomenology

How can the experience

of [an event,

circumstance, program, a

context] be described

explored

What is the meaning of [a

process, program, or

event] to the target

individual(s) of interest?

What

“practical”

knowledge

can be

learned?

Use of the words

“describe

,”

“explore,”

“experience

” and

“meaning” in title

and research

questions

Interviews

Choice is a function

of the question

ontent analysis

is a good choice

as it is generic

and exploratory

lo et al., 2014

Merriam, 2009

Saldana, 2016

Worthington,

2013

Qualitative Case

Study

Grounded Theory

and Realism

Emergence of theory,

inductive,

theoretical

sampling, constant

comparison,

open

coding, axial coding,

saturation,

memo

writing

Phenomenology

and Heuristic

Inquiry

What is the meaning,

structure, and essence of the

lived experience of this

phenomenon for this person

or group of people?

What is my experience of this

phenomenon and the

essential experience of others

Qualitative Research Methods Matrix

Approach Disciplinary Roots Focus of Central Research

Question

Unique Terminology Primary Data

Sources

Sampling Issues Analysis Plan

Guidelines

References

Submit in Week 2

Basic Qualitative

Inquiry

Philosophy, history

constructionism,

phenomenology

 How can the experience

of [an event,

circumstance, program, a

context] be described or

explored?

 What is the meaning of [a

process, program, or

event] to the target

individual(s) of interest?

 What “practical”

knowledge can be

learned?

Use of the words

“describe,”

“explore,”

“experience,” and

“meaning” in title

and research

questions

Interviews Choice is a function

of the question

Content analysis

is a good choice

as it is generic

and exploratory

Elo et al., 2014

Merriam, 2009

Saldana, 2016

Worthington,

2013

Qualitative Case

Study

Grounded Theory

and Realism

Emergence of theory,

inductive, theoretical

sampling, constant

comparison, open

coding, axial coding,

saturation, memo

writing

Phenomenology

and Heuristic

Inquiry

What is the meaning,

structure, and essence of the

lived experience of this

phenomenon for this person

or group of people?

What is my experience of this

phenomenon and the

essential experience of others

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