Itzell Moreno Friday31 Jan at 21:15 Manage discussion entry According to Lieblich, narrative research is a study of narrative materials or anything that uses narrative (1988, p.14). In essence, narrative research focuses on understanding the experience and point of view of the narrator. According to Squire, Andrews, and Tamboukou, narrative research seems to be used very often, especially in social research, because interviews or personal testimonies create narrative to research (Squire, C., Andrews, M., & Tamboukou , M., 2013, p.1). Furthermore, Squire, C., Andrews, M., & Tamboukou , M., explain that narrative research data may be overwhelming since narrative can be open to interpretation, in reference to collecting too much data and not knowing where to start or end; which is both good and bad (2013, p.1). Data collection for this type or research includes, but is not limited to, audio recordings, journals, interviews, stories, autobiography writing, pictures, and more. The type of analysis used is qualitative; since content is collected from texts, then counted, organized, and interpreted (Lieblich,1998, p. 14). Furthermore, depending on the research question and data being collected, data analysis varies; whether the author wants to make something out of the story, combine findings, look for patterns in stories, etc. Resources Lieblich, A. (1998). Narrative research: reading, analysis, and interpretation. London: Sage. Squire, C., Andrews, M., & Tamboukou , M. (2013). What is Narrative Research? In Doing Narrative Research (2nd ed., pp. 1–22). doi: https://dx-doi-org.proxy-library.ashford.edu/10.4135/9781526402271.n1 Ashley Henderson Yesterday5 Feb at 17:21 Manage discussion entry Topic: Grounded Theory Grounded theory permits researchers to develop a method that describes and/or explain situations that can “accurately perceive and present another’s world” (Jacelon & O’Dell, 2005). The grounded theory focuses on an informative natural method in conjunction with strategies. Examples of these strategies are observations, interviews, and documentation. Becoming one of the most frequently adopted qualitative research methods, it discloses the behavior and social relationships of groups. This type of research methodology utilizes inductive reasoning as well as the hypothetic-deductive model of the scientific method. Grounded theory constructs data systematically and analyzes by using comparative analysis. In my chosen journal, two out of three schools that were invited to take part participated. Each participant completed an individual interview, as well as the parents of the participants, completed an informed consent document. All possessed documents for the analysis were securely stored within a filing cabinet. During this study, the individual interviews were audio-recorded, analyzed and transcribed verbatim before conducting the next interview. The researchers used the constructivist grounded theory approach to conduct the in ...