The Qualitative Report Volume 9 Number 2 June 2004 176-191 http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR9-2/bender.pdf The Implications of Sex Tourism on Men’s Social‚ Psychological‚ and Physical Health Kimberly Bender South County Center Mental Health Services‚ Alexandria‚ Virginia‚ USA Rich Furman University of Nebraska-Omaha‚ Omaha‚ Nebraska‚ USA This article explores sex tourism and possible concerns for the male sex tourist through a content analysis of sex tourism web sites. This qualitative‚ exploratory
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COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS The quantitative and qualitative research traditions can be thought of as distinct cultures marked by different values‚ beliefs‚ and norms. Qualitative research methods are complex meaningful analyses characterized by processes and meanings that are not measured in terms of mathematical measurements. Quantitative research however‚ relies and builds on mathematical procedures and methods‚ such as frequency‚ quality‚ amount and
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critique a qualitative study? Powers (2011a) states‚ “All scientific evidence is important to clinical decision making‚ and all evidence must be critically appraised to determine its contribution to that decision making” (p. 135). A qualitative study attempts to describe an experience from the participant’s perspective. Additionally‚ to enhance understanding‚ the objective of a qualitative study is to increase awareness of human experiences. Performing a critical appraisal of qualitative research requires
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This writer has chosen to critique of the qualitative research article by Miller‚ Riley‚ and Davis‚ 2009‚ “Identifying key nursing and team behaviors to achieve high reliability”. The characteristics of qualitative research were found in the conduct of this study based on High-reliability theory is more popular in healthcare to enhance quality and safety of patient care. The study based on evaluation of the extent of reliability of nurses’ behavior within interdisciplinary teams while attending critical
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(2014) define a qualitative research interview as “a scientific research process based on verbal communication aimed at gathering information in relation to a specific aim”. Qualitative research interviews allow for the collection of data on an individual’s thoughts‚ perceptions‚ feelings‚ sensations and attitudes on their disease and its treatment (Brédart et al.‚ 2014). Although the topic in the qualitative interview is controlled by the interviewer and the questions
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A Companion to QUALITATIVE RESEARCH A Companion to QUALITATIVE RESEARCH Edited by Uwe Flick‚ Ernst von Kardorff and Ines Steinke Translated by Bryan Jenner SAGE Publications London ● Thousand Oaks ● New Delhi Translation © 2004 This English edition first published 2004 Originally published in the series “rowohlts enzyklopädie” under the title QUALITATIVE FORSHCHUNG – Ein Handbuch Copyright © 2000 Rowohlt Ttaschenbuch Verlag GmbH‚ Reinbek bei Hamburg Apart from any fair
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Data-collection in Qualitative Research This Chapter is about methods and techniques in data-collection during a qualitative research. We mentioned earlier that qualitative research is eclectic. That is‚ the choice of techniques is dependent on the needs of the research. Although this should be true for almost all social research‚ it is particularly so with qualitative research in that the appropriate method or techniques is often identified and adopted during the research. Qualitative research is also
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Qualitative Methods And analysis * . Quantitative research is used widely in social sciences such as sociology‚ anthropology‚ and political science. Research in mathematical sciences such as physics is also ’quantitative’ by definition‚ though this use of the term differs in context. In the social sciences‚ the term relates to empirical methods‚ originating in both philosophical positivism and the history of statistics‚ which contrast qualitative research methods. Qualitative
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Qualitative Report: Project Proposal PSY2005 Please have these completed and returned to me by Monday 4pm‚ and I shall return them with feedback that evening so that you can get on with your interviewing. There is no class next week. Group name: Group members: Heather Grant‚ Sharon Obisesan‚ Xiao Chen‚ Geraldine Gowdie (1)General: How friendships formed and/or maintained at university? What is/are your research question(s) ? How friendships are formed and maintained within students before
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categories of research methodologies‚ the quantitative and the qualitative‚ and they both are used to answer research questions but in different ways. The main distinctions between these approaches lie in foundational premises related to how human beings understand the nature of the world in a better way (Willis‚ 2007). The selection of the approach to be used will depend on the research problem to be analyzed.
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