Six categories of qualitative research
Following are six instances of qualitative research:


1. A theoretical model
The phenomenological paradigm aims to pinpoint people' feelings toward certain events or activities. Through observation and interviews conducted before, during, and after the event, researchers examine the distinctive ways that people perceive events. The phenomenological method emphasizes participant-subjective accounts of their experiences.


Take, for instance, a business that develops test preparation materials. The business might carry out a phenomenology study that tracks five participants as they sit for a college admission exam. During their study sessions, researchers monitor and speak with the students, focusing on how they feel about their approaching exams.






A second ethnographic model
In an ethnographic investigation, researchers become fully immersed in the