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Qualitative Research
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Narrative | Type of study that relies on stories to understand individual experiences. |
| Grounded Theory | Type of study that focuses on interaction, action and processes. Generating theory from empirical data |
| Saturation | The point at which no new themes are being uncovered |
| Research question | An interrogative sentence that highlights the phenomenon to be studied and indicates what the researcher wishes to know about it |
| Purpose | What the research will accomplish and to what its intent is |
| Evaluation | Process of studying an organization or activity in order to understand, improve, or change it |
| Confirmability | the extent to which the finding are based on the study's participants and setting instead of researcher's biases |
| Transferability | The degree to which the results of research can apply or transfer beyond the bounds of the project |
| Credibility | The quality of being believed or accepted as true, real or honest |
| Ethnographic | qualitative research approach that commonly focuses on the social sciences, specifically researching or becoming part of a certain lifestyle. |