Qualitative Research

- meaning of people words and behaviour have for them.

- what ? why? How?

- meaning is essential concern …participant prospective

- Generative theories/ideas

- naturalistic/ descriptive

- search for meaning& understanding

- textual or verbal

- Interpretative why and how

- language

-smaller data

- information richness

Questions

- how does the patient feel in IR and ER Pramipexole

- on/off diary

- what influences the patients to choose IR and ER

Components of Qualitative Research

Conceptualisation/Planning

Patient Sampling

Data Collection

Data Management

Analysis- En ViVo software

Presentation

Inter -disciplinary research- dr Irene

Colloborative work
Resources

Audio/video tape ( 2 at a time) / Focus grp discussion

Stationary/word processing

Financial incentives

Services- transcribing

Software( data management)

Time