Qualitative research methodology.

Abstract

Defining Research Methods Scientific research is a process used to systematically study given phenomena.11) The two major categories of research methodologies are qualitative and quantitative. Each methodology is used to answer different types of research questions. The purpose of this paper is to describe qualitative resarch: the purpose, common features, major data collection methods, data analysis, theory development, and evaluation methods. Qualitative research can be described as the systematic study of phenomena for the purpose of identifying, exploring or describing that phenomena. The results are summarized and presented anecdotally. They may also be presented in the form of mathe-