What Is Qualitative Research?

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  • Otani Takashi
    Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Nagoya University

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  • 質的研究とは何か
  • Symposium Review 質的研究とは何か
  • Symposium Review シツテキ ケンキュウ トワ ナニ カ

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 The article is an in-depth explanation of qualitative research, an approach increasingly prevalent among today's research communities. After discussing its present spread within the health sciences, the author addresses: 1. Its definition. 2. Its characteristics, as well as its theoretical and procedural background. 3. Its procedures. 4. Differences between qualitative and quantitative approaches. 5. Mixed methods incorporating quantitative research. And in conclusion: 6. The importance of establishing an epistemological perspective in qualitative research.<br>

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  • YAKUGAKU ZASSHI

    YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 137 (6), 653-658, 2017-06-01

    The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan

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