Question

The general strategy followed in qualitative research paradigm is based on:

(i) deductive approach

(ii) inductive approach

(iii) non- linear approach

(iv) linear approach

1. (i) only
2. (i) and (ii) only
3. (ii) and (iii) only
4. (ii) only

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : (ii) only

Assumptions of Qualitative Research Paradigm:

1. Qualitative researchers are concerned primarily with processes, rather than outcomes or products.
2. Qualitative researchers are interested in meaning: ­how people make sense of their lives, experiences, and their structures of the world.
3. The qualitative researcher is the primary instrument for data collection and analysis. Data are mediated through this human instrument, rather than through inventories, questionnaires, or machines.
4. Qualitative research involves fieldwork. The researcher physically goes to the people, setting, site, or institution to observe or record behavior in its natural setting.
5. Qualitative research is descriptive in that the researcher is interested in the process, meaning, and understanding gained through words or pictures.
6. The process of qualitative research is inductive in that the researcher builds abstractions, concepts, hypotheses, and theories from details.

Hence, the correct answer is Option 4.