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The document provides guidance on developing effective qualitative research questions. It explains that qualitative questions aim to understand how and why people think and feel through open-ended interviews. Good qualitative questions discover problems and opportunities, are open-ended, and easy to understand without needing clarification. Examples of effective qualitative words include how, what, generate, identify, describe, and meaning, while words like relate, impact, effect, cause, influence, compare, and contrast should be avoided. The document also provides examples of poor and good qualitative research questions and explains why some questions are better than others for qualitative research.

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Research Questions Examples

The document provides guidance on developing effective qualitative research questions. It explains that qualitative questions aim to understand how and why people think and feel through open-ended interviews. Good qualitative questions discover problems and opportunities, are open-ended, and easy to understand without needing clarification. Examples of effective qualitative words include how, what, generate, identify, describe, and meaning, while words like relate, impact, effect, cause, influence, compare, and contrast should be avoided. The document also provides examples of poor and good qualitative research questions and explains why some questions are better than others for qualitative research.

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QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

QUESTIONS
What makes a good qualitative
research question?
Qualitative research questions are most effective for
those looking to carry out one-to-one or focus group-style
interviews to understand how your target demographic
thinks and feels; and why they make certain choices. The
key qualities of a good qualitative research question are:
1. Being able to discover problems and
opportunities from respondents
2. Open-ended in nature
3. Easy to understand and digest with no need for
clarification
Good types of qualitative wording for
research questions
Include the following types of qualitative words to
engineer the type of responses you’re looking for from
interviewees:
o How
o What
o Generate
o Identify
o Describe
o Meaning
o Outline
Words to avoid for qualitative research
questions
The following types of words should not be included
within a qualitative research question to avoid possible
ambiguity for respondents:
o Relate
o Impact
o Effect
o Cause
o Influence
o Compare
o Contrast
Examples of effective qualitative
research questions
Poor example Good example
What is the childhood obesity How does the amount of time
rate in Kensington? children play computer games
  each day affect childhood
obesity rates in Kensington?
Reason: Not only is this too
factual to form the basis of a  
valid argument, it’s also too Reason: This question is much
easy to answer with a single more refined; the results of
statistic. As a rule of thumb, which could also be used to
qualitative research questions form a more credible argument.
should never be able to be
answered ‘yes’ or ‘no’.
Examples of effective qualitative
research questions
Poor example Good example
How much time do you listen to Why do you prefer listening to
rock music a week? rock music more than other
Reason: This would be a much music genres?
more suitable quantitative Reason: This is a considerably
research question, as it enables more subjective question; the
you to collect data en-masse. results of which could
However, from a qualitative potentially lead to you forming
viewpoint, the data could not be the basis of a more credible
used to create a judgment or argument.
perception as the data is just
factual information.
Examples of effective qualitative
research questions
Poor example Good example
What is the meaning of life? Could you describe the most
  important factors in your life?

Reason: This type of question Reason: Again, this is question


is far too broad and lacking in is much more subjective, giving
focus to be used as the basis of the respondent the opportunity
any type of research study. to provide a more reasoned,
personal response that can form
the basis of a credible argument.
A Phenomenological Study into How Students
Experience and Understand the University
Presidency
Kahler B. Schuemann
Western Michigan University,
[email protected]

1. How do students experience and understand the


university presidency?
2. How does this experience and understanding of the
university presidency inform or shape the college
experience for students?
Managing school behavior: a qualitative case
study
Pamela R. Dodge
Iowa State University

1. To what extent do administrators have access to behavior data that


inform their decisions on how to improve student success in school and
society?
2. To what extent do administrators use behavior data to improve student
success in school and in society?
3. What do administrators perceive it would take to enhance the
effectiveness of their current efforts to improve students’ success in school
and society?
A Qualitative Study of the Psychological Impact of
Unemployment on Individuals

Marie Conroy
Dublin Institute of Technology, [email protected]

-How does unemployment impact on an individual’s


psychological well-being?
- How do the financial restrictions of unemployment impact on
an individual’s quality of life and standard of living?
- What resources do individuals utilise in order to cope with
unemployment and keep them motivated?
A Qualitative Study Exploring Faculty Perception
and Adaptation of Social Presence in the Online
Classroom
Kathleen J. Marino
1. How do faculty promote social presence which is comprised of the indicators of
interactivity, intimacy, and immediacy, within a discussion board?
2. What are faculty doing within the asynchronous discussion board to meet the
challenges and limitations of the indicators of interactivity, intimacy, and
immediacy?
• What are the challenges of transferring the indicators of interactivity, intimacy and
immediacy from the face-to-face classroom to the discussion board?
• What teaching strategies work best in the discussion board to promote the
indicators of interactivity, intimacy, and immediacy?
Thank you!

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