Qualitative Research Planning
A strong foundation for a research study is based on careful planning, including defining what, where, when, why, and how. Research planning comes before collecting and analyzing data. You need to identify what you are trying to understand, the reasons why you want to undertake the project, and the resources needed for it.
Qualitative Coaching & Training
What is it? Coaching and training are an integral part of the services we provide at Elite Research, in alignment with our goal of empowering researchers through education and communication during all aspects of the research process. We base our coaching and training services on the unique needs of each of our clients.
Coaching is a collaborative relationship between you and one of our research consultants to guide and motivate you through a particular process so you can produce the best results in a timely manner for your research project. It is most useful for students who are completing their dissertation or thesis, or students or researchers working on manuscripts. Coaching may be customized for your needs on a regular schedule or on an as-needed basis.
Training is for those who would like to increase their knowledge and understanding about a research method, data collection or analysis technique, analysis software, or dissertation/thesis defense. Training is offered for groups or individuals, with in-person or virtual options. Our research consultants can tailor the support that you need to ensure that you not only complete a project, but also acquire new knowledge and understanding about conducting qualitative research through coaching and training.
How can we help you?
- Ensure that your research process is manageable
- Teach you key concepts used in qualitative research
- Provide training on using technology to analyze your qualitative data
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Publications: Articles, Books, Op-ed
For academic journals, qualitative data insights may need more information than if you are writing a newspaper or practice-based journal article.
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Cultural context is the broad range of beliefs and practices that guide the behavior of research participants and researchers.
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In qualitative research, a survey is a set of open-ended questions used to explore diverse views primarily among a large number of people.
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Cultural context is the broad range of beliefs and practices that guide the behavior of research participants and researchers.
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Every qualitative research project is unique. There are several issues that inform the length of arts-based and arts-informed research, e.g. recruitment of participants, type of data collected. Both types of research in Qual Research Design: Arts-Based/Arts-Informed have similar length of time. Some can be as long as 8 years and other projects could be as short as 3 months.
Each arts-based or arts-informed research is unique due to the nature of qualitative research as a method of inquiry on topics that have little to no research. A researcher may choose to focus on oneself or one participant or have over 25 participants. Some research in Qual Research Design: Arts-Based/Arts-Informed have no participants.
A case study examines a subject using multiple types of data. The accessiblity of information from a participant, timeframe, and the use of secondary data will inform the length of time. There is no general length of time. The most important aspect is to ensure that the research questions inform the rationale for a case study and if time is part of the boundary for collecting data on a case.
A case study is an in-depth exploration of a single person or more than one case. Some case studies do not include participants, but a system, e.g. an event, program. Therefore, data collected may not include participants. Most case studies that include participants have one participant.
A generic design does not directly align with a specific qualitative research design. If your research contains methods from more than two designs. It could be defined as generic. For example, you want to focus on shared experiences (Grounded Theory) of experts in higher education (Delphi) as a participant-observer in an institution for an academic year (ethnography); this will be considered a generical qualitative design.
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