Question

Write 3 important factors that a researcher must take into consideration when writing a question for qualitative research, and explain the factors

Answer 1

For framing a qualitative research question, the researcher have to consider the following factors:

1.Nature of question

The questions should be clearcut and easily understandable for the respondant. The researcher need real life experiences and narrations for the qualitative research. So the question should include qualitative words like experience, describe, how, what, explore, explain etc.

2.Research topic, purpose and methods

The topic as well as the qualitative research question should be relevant and should be of interest of the respondant. The researcher should plan and frame the questions, keeping in mind ,the purpose and methods of asking question whether it is an interview, survey, questionnaire etc.

3.Case study

The reasercher should frame questions in such a way that we get an indepth knowledge of the topic.