To realize ethical research is vital because dealing with human subjects in depth can affect both participants and researchers.
Ethical principles can make researchers achieve the goals of a research as well as respect the participants’ rights.
Participants contribute to the analysis of the data they generate
CHARCTERISTICS
According to Bogdan and Biklen (2007)
qualitative research is:
Inductive: theories or concepts are built on the base of gathering data.
Meaning: it is of essential concern to the qualitative approach and it is based on participant´s perspectives.
Concern with process: focuses on process rather than outcomes; focus group, in-depth interviews and participant observation are main methods of data collection.
Naturalistic: a no experimental approach in which subjects are studied in their natural settings; there isn´t manipulation of the environment
Descriptive data: the data collected take the form of words or pictures rather than numbers (photographs, videos, personal documents). All details are considerate.
DEFINITION
Dr. Leslie Curry (2015): It´s a strategy to collect, organize and interpret textual information
Merriam (2009): qualitative researchers are interested in understanding how people make sense of their world and the experiences they have in the world.
John Creswell (1994): it´s an inquiry process to explore a social or human problem.
