A Journey to the Qualitative Wonderland: Lessons Learned for Novice Researchers

Authors : Kuan Chen TSAİ

Pages : 95-102

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Publication Date : 2013-06-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :It is believed that through a journey of being a good researcher, it is beneficial to appreciate two different values drawing form two opposite paradigms, which in turn familiarizing oneself with two distinct conceptual frameworks thereby strengthening individual‟s research capacity. In this paper, a novice qualitative researcher shares four lessons learned from the process of conducting his first qualitative study. The lessons are: insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(a); Do your homework on the literature; insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(b); Carefully read regulations of Institutional Review Board; insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(c); Any confusion, ask the experts first; insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(d); If possible, try to use qualitative data analysis software; and insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(e); Reflect and challenge your assumptions all the time.
Keywords : qualitative methodology, research process, advice, novice researcher