FURTHER QUANTIATIVE

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1、Acriticalevaluationontheuseofqualitativeresearchmethodsinconductingresearches6510042AbstractQualitativeresearchisamulti-methodresearchusinganinterpretive,naturalisticapproachtoitssubjectandusingthesocialactor’smeaningtounderstandthephenomena.Itplaysanimportantroleinthefieldsofsocialscience.Th

2、roughanalyzingthreepreviousqualitativeresearchesdonebyotherinvestigators,thispaperwillgiveacriticalevaluationontheuseofqualitativeresearchmethods,aimstodemonstratetheimportanceofusingqualitativeresearchmethods,theappropriatenessofadoptingqualitativeresearchmethodsinaresearch,themainqualitativ

3、eresearchmethodsandhowtousethem15IntroductionAccordingtoDenzinandLincoln(1994),qualitativeresearchisamulti-methodresearchusinganinterpretive,naturalisticapproachtoitssubjectandusingthesocialactor’smeaningtounderstandthephenomena.Itcanaddressthequestionabout‘why’and‘how’socialexperienceiscreat

4、edandgivenmeaning.Inrecentyears,qualitativeresearchmethodsarebecomingmoreandmoreimportantandpopulartoolsinconductingthesocialscienceresearch(MackandMacqueen,2005).Thisarticlewillemploysomerelevantliteraturesascasestoevaluatetheuseofqualitativemethodsinconductingresearchcritically.Themaincases

5、usedinthisarticleinclude:1.aninvestigationofstudentresistanceintwocomprehensivesecondaryschoolsinBirmingham(England)andastategovernedschoolsituatedinSydney(Australia)byayoung,noviceethnographerRussell(2005),2.astudyonthe‘life'componentofthework-lifebalanceequationwithinthecontextofethnicminor

6、itywomen'sexperiencesbyKamenou(2008),3.aresearchofsharedidentitynarrativesatUK-basedspecialisttouroperatorLaskarinaHolidaysbyBrownetal(2005).Theessaywillorganizedasfollows,atfirst,itwillgiveabriefsessionontheimportanceofusingqualitativeresearchmethods.Andthenthemainparadigmsandmethodologiesof

7、qualitativeresearch,especiallytheethnography,willbediscussed.Thethirdpartwillfocusonthecrucialelementsofconductingasuccessqualitativeresearch.Finally,itwilltalkabouttheethicalissueofqualitativeresearch.15ImportanceofqualitativeresearchQualita