Qualitative Research. Qualitative Research is primarily exploratory research. It is used to gain an understanding of underlying reasons, opinions, and motivations. It provides insights into the problem or helps to develop ideas or hypotheses for potential quantitative research.

1.  Outline
 What is qualitative studies ?
 How to design it ?
 Meta evaluation
 Clarity about purpose
 Conclusion

2.  Qualitative research begins with assumptions
A worldview the possible use of a theoretical
lens.
 And the study of research problems inquiring
into the meaning gives individuals or groups
ascribe to a social human problem .

3.  Natural setting .
 Inductive
 Holistic
 Reflexivity
 Interpretation

4.  Different conception of design
 Typical or experimental research
 Operating through every stage of a research.
 Refocusing the research question
 Evaluation
 Ethical concern

5.  Meta-evaluation is one form of evaluation and
is increasingly being used means of identifying
trends and quality in particular sectors. (lipsey
2000).
 A meta evaluation is an evaluation of an
evaluation.

6.  Validity
 Utility
 Conduct
 Credibility
 Costs

7.  Purpose is controlling force in research .
 Designs about measurements ,analysis and
reporting .
 Examining alternative purposes .
 Basic research to contribute to fundamental
knowledge and theory.
 Applied research to illuminate a societal concern.

8.  Summative evaluation to determine program
effectiveness.
 Formative evaluation to improve a program.
 Action research to sole a specific problem.

9. Qualitative study is flexible, subjective and
inductive approach etc. And it designs through
the proper process. You have to clarify about the
purpose of the study. What is meta evaluation
meta evaluation is basically review of evaluation.

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