Qualitative Research Designs and the Research Onion

This video presentation is about qualitative methods research designs, how their use or non-use is dependent on your research philosophy, the approach to theory development that is appropriate for quantitative research designs and the methodological choices: the outer three layers of the research onion.

It discusses how the ontology, epistemology and axiology of interpretivism, (critical) realism and pragmatism relate to qualitative research designs; and typical collection procedures and analysis techniques that are used in both.

It also highlights how an inductive approach is appropriate qualitative research designs.

The characteristics of qualitative research designs are discussed, and mono and multi method qualitative designs

The utility of qualitative research designs and the associated researcher requirements are discussed

References and further researching are offered.