THE DIFFICULTIES OF A RESEARCHER DOING SOCIOLOGICAL RESEARCH WITH QUALITATIVE METHODS
SOSYOLOJİK BİR ARAŞTIRMA YAPAN NİTEL ARAŞTIRMACIYI BEKLEYEN ZORLUKLAR

Author : Damla Nur KİNSİZ
Number of pages : 242-248

Abstract

Qualitative research, used very frequently in social sciences and specifically in sociology, is an analysis method that makes the researchers understand profoundly and easily human beings, society and social phenomena with observations. Being different from quantitative research, qualitative research puts forward the reasons and dynamics behind the visible facts and presents an opportunity to the researcher to examine an object or a phenomenon in a limited and profound way. While qualitative research method enables the researchers to have convenience during the process, it brings some difficulties about the quality of the research and the variability of the research object. These difficulties can be listed as follows: the researcher’s carrying out the study without putting aside her/his standard of judgment, beliefs and prejudices, the inability to prove that the data is objective and verifiable, the relative, changeable and adaptable to different conditions.

Keywords

Qualitative research, induction method, subjectivity, standard of judgment in research process.

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