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Qualitative Data Collection: Interviews, Observation, and Questionnaires

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Qualitative Data Collection: Interviews, Observation, and Questionnaires

This article examines three qualitative data collection instruments used in an online language learning study: semi-structured interviews, participant observation, and open-ended questionnaires. It explains how interviews supported grounded theory and the constant comparative method, how observations and audio recordings contributed to triangulation, and how open-ended questionnaires provided richer participant responses. The discussion also covers individual …

Qualitative Research Methodology in Online English Learning

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Qualitative Research Methodology in Online English Learning

This article presents the methodology of a qualitative study investigating social presence and interactivity in online English learning. It discusses the rationale for adopting qualitative research, participant selection, sampling strategies, instrumentation, and the use of grounded theory. The study examines iteration, saturation, criterion sampling, snowball sampling, semi-structured interviews, memo-writing, constant comparative analysis, and the researcher’s …

Action Research | Research Conduction

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Action Research Action research was begun in the United States by Lewin (1946) in the 1940s as a means of addressing social problems. This type of research is often conducted by teachers in language classrooms. In addition, it focuses on particular features of classroom interaction. The term ‘action research’ is an approach to collecting and …

Narrative Research | Research Conduction

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Narrative Research Narrative Research The methods of conducting a narrative study do not follow a lock-step approach, but instead, represent an information collection of topics. Narrative research is best for capturing the detailed stories or life experiences of a single life or lives of a small number of individuals (Creswell, 2007). You should select one …

Phenomenological Research | Research Conduction

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Phenomenological Research Phenomenological Research is a kind of qualitative research. It’s a qualitative research. It describes the meaning for several individuals of their lived experiences of a concept or phenomenon. Phenomenologists focus on describing what all participants have in common as they experience a phenomenon. The purpose of phenomenology is to reduce individual experiences with …

Case Study Research | Research Conduction

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Case Study Case study research involves the study of an issue explored through one or more cases within a bounded system (a setting or context). Case study research is a qualitative approach in which the investigator explores a bounded system (case) or multiple bounded systems (cases) over time through detailed, in-depth data collection involving multiple …

Grounded Theory | Research Conduction

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Grounded theory in research conduction as a qualitative research design Grounded Theory Grounded theory is a qualitative research design in which the investigator moves beyond description and attempts to generate or discover a theory, an abstract analytical schema of a process, action or interaction (Strauss & Corbin, 1998). This theory-development does not come ‘off the …