What is Qualitative Research?

1. Qualitative research methods

1.1. Ethnography

1.2. Autoethnography

1.3. Case study

1.4. Document analysis

1.5. Interview study

1.6. Narrative inquiry

1.7. Phenomenological study

1.8. Grounded theory

2. Epistemology

2.1. Positivism

2.2. Post-positivism

2.3. Constructionism

3. Dollar words

3.1. subject

3.2. objective

3.3. generalizability

3.4. validity

3.5. reliability

3.6. truth

3.7. fact

3.8. reality

3.9. bias

4. FAQ

4.1. What is it?

4.2. Where did it come from?

4.3. How is it different?

5. Purposes of qualitative research

5.1. Understand

5.1.1. Interpretivism

5.1.2. Ethnography

5.1.3. Phenomenology

5.2. Interrogate

5.2.1. Feminism

5.2.2. Marxism

5.2.3. Critical theory

5.3. Deconstruct

5.3.1. Postcolonial

5.3.2. Poststructural

5.3.3. Diaspora

6. About this map

6.1. Authors

6.2. Purpose

6.3. License

6.4. About mind maps

7. References

7.1. Bhattacharya, K. (2007)

7.2. Creswell, J.W. (2007)

7.3. Crotty, M. (1998)

8. Organizations

8.1. ACR: Association for Qualitative Research

8.2. QRCA: Qualitative Research Consultants Association

8.3. QRAC: Qualitative Research Advancement Congress

8.3.1. QRAC web site

8.3.2. QRAC lending library