1. The document discusses different types of qualitative research methods and their characteristics. It defines qualitative research as research that values people's perspectives and views, which may be subjective. 2. The document outlines several key characteristics of qualitative research, including a focus on human understanding, flexible research approaches, contextualized data collection in real-life settings, and analysis of people's perceptions rather than physical effects. 3. Several types of qualitative research are described, including case studies, ethnography, phenomenology, narrative analysis, historical analysis, and grounded theory. Examples are provided for each type.

1. SEATWORK # 2
Identify the type of research for each given topic.
Explain your answer.
Research Topic Application Purpose
1. Theory of relativity
2. Critical Thinking and Creative
Thinking in Learning-Teaching
Situations
3. Manila Flash Flood Solution
4. Archimedes’ Principle of
Bouyancy
5. Effects of Korean Telenovelas
on Filipino TV Viewers

3. QUALITATIVE RESEAR
 It is a research that puts premium or high value on
people’s thinking and point of view conditioned by
their personal traits.
 Subjectivity in this type of research may surface
 The cause-effect relationships in qualitative
research is conditioned by society and people’s
intentions

4. QUALITATIVE RESEAR
 CHARACTERISTICS OF A QUALITATIVE
RESEARCH1. HUMAN UNDERSTANDING AND
INTERPRETATION
-data analysis shows an individual’s mental,
social,
and spiritual understanding of the world
2. ACTIVE, POWERFUL, & FORCEFUL
-not fixated to a certain plan
3. MULTIPLE RESEARCH APPROACHES AND

5. QUALITATIVE RESEAR
 CHARACTERISTICS OF A QUALITATIVE
RESEARCH5. CONTEXTUALIZATION
-understand the situation of an individual’s life
that affects his/her way of living
6. DIVERSIFIED DATA IN REAL-LIFE SITUATIONS
7. ABOUNDS WITH WORDS AND VISUALS
-data gathering through interviews or library
reading
-presenting world views through visual

6. QUALITATIVE RESEAR
 CHARACTERISTICS OF A QUALITATIVE
RESEARCH
8. INTERNAL ANALYSIS
-your focus is the people’s perception or views
about your topic, not the effects of their physical
existence on your study

7. QUALITATIVE RESEAR
 TYPES OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
1. CASE STUDY
-involves a long-time study of a person, group,
organization, or situation to find answer to why
such thing occur to the subject.
2. ETHNOGRAPHY
-understanding the organizational set-up, internal
operation, and lifestyle of a particular group

8. QUALITATIVE RESEAR
 TYPES OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
3. PHENOMENOLOGY
-study of how people find their experience
meaningful
4. NARRATIVE
-studies a single person or several individuals,
gathers data through the collection of stories or
anecdotes, reports the person’s experiences, and
discuss the meaning of those experiences

9. QUALITATIVE RESEAR
 TYPES OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
5. HISTORICAL ANALYSIS
-examination of primary documents to make you
understand the connection of past events to the
present time
6. GROUNDED THEORY
-takes place when you discover a new theory to
underlie your study at the time of data collection
and analysis
-through observation on your subjects, you happen

10. QUALITATIVE RESEAR
 Advantages/ Strengths of Qualitative Research
1. It adopts a naturalistic approach to its subject
matter
2. Promotes a full understanding of human behavior
in their natural setting
3. Instrumental for positive societal changes
4. respect for people’s individuality
5. A way of understanding and interpreting social
interactions
6. Increases the researchers’ interest in the study
7. Offers multiple ways of acquiring and examining

11. QUALITATIVE RESEAR
 Disadvantages/ Weaknesses of Qualitative
Research1. Involves a lot of researcher’s subjectivity in data
analysis
2. Hard to know the validity and reliability of the data
3. Its open-ended questions yield “data overload” that
requires long time analysis
4. Time-consuming
5. Involves several processes

12. SEATWORK # 3
Name the type of qualitative research best
suited for the following topics.
1. The Mangyan’s Burial Practices
2. Relative of Typhoon Victims
3. Philippines’ Political Party System: Then and Now
4. Alien Abduction
5. Jose Rizal: A Biographical Sketch by Teofilo H.
Montemayor
6. Being there: A Study of Student Perceptions of
Instructor Presence in Online Classes

13. HOMEWORK # 3
Read “ The Ethics of Higher Studies” by Etienne
Gilson and answer the following questions.
1. How did Mr. Gilson define scholarship?
2. What are the characteristics of being a scholar?
Can you identify these in the text?
3. What does the essay mean by “Moral honesty”?
4. What does “intellectual honesty” mean?
5. What is “objectivity”?

14. SEATWORK # 3
Name the type of qualitative research best suited for
the following topics.
7. The Life of Kalingas of Northern Luzon
8. Experiences of an autistic student who has moved
from a self-contained program to an inclusion setting
9. Student Activism Since the Marcos Era
10. Interpersonal relationship of individuals with
down syndrome