Weekly Report – October 16, 2023

October 16, 2023

The Qualitative Report Weekly

The Qualitative Report Workshop Series (Virtual)

Johnny Saldaña – An Introduction to Qualitative Data Analysis (October 25, 2023) – Registration closing Friday, October 20th 2023

Carolyn Ellis and Arthur Bochner – Autoethnographic Storytelling in Qualitative Research (February 9, 2024)

The Qualitative Report 15th Annual Conference

General and Presenter Registration is Now Open for TQR 15th Annual Conference!

Call for Submissions Still Open – Accepting Submissions on a case-by-case basis (Back to In-Person Conference!)

The Qual Report Podcast/YouTube Series

Qualitative Research in Education with Marilyn Lichtman

In this podcast, Marilyn Lichtman talks to Marti Snyder about the 4th edition of her book, Qualitative Research in Education: A User’s Guide. The podcast begins with a brief historical context about Marilyn’s experience with qualitative research and TQR. Next, she describes what inspired her to write this fourth edition and what readers can expect. She discusses the various types of qualitative research and what defines quality and rigor as well as current issues in education and how qualitative research methods can be used to address them. Finally, she shares her thoughts about technology and the future of qualitative research.

Featured “Special Issue” Article

Undergraduate and Graduate Students’ Challenges: A Qualitative Study with ONDAS Framework Across Multiple Disciplines and Innovative Research Methodologies

Omar Khasro Akram, Instituto Politécnico de Beja
Daniel José Franco, Instituto Politécnico de Beja
Apina Lee, Apina’s Foundation – Iraq

Abstract
The integration levels among research methods, management, research tools, and psychology could guide the development of the ONDAS framework toward the secrets of knowledge. The research grounds on undergraduate and graduate students’ challenges, with particular emphasis on the need for writing critical literature reviews and weaknesses in identifying benchmark studies to extract the research gap and main research questions, resulting in most fresh graduate students not graduating on time. Some master’s students write doctoral theses, and vice versa, confusing their identified research approach. The study utilizes desk documents to identify the main problems that most students experienced during their research, to determine the knowledge structure through the analysis of benchmark studies, and to achieve the framework’s development foundation. As a result, it proposes ONDAS framework characteristics, procedures, and rules to be applied in different fields through data triangulation. Aiming to help the research process, ONDAS focused the study from its very beginning until viva voice discussion; this framework decreases the time of writing and preparation, guiding the research and strategy processes, and promoting tools to help with the analysis and elaboration of final theses. Results were achieved by a qualitative approach using the case study method that includes 40 participants in a semi-structured questionnaire on their experiences with ONDAS framework. Most participants showed higher control and motivation, finishing on time and conducting their research with high precision and focus, establishing the integration of four primary levels that aid in developing the ONDAS framework across multiple disciplines and innovative research methodologies. Specifically, it is helpful for the scientific research community in academic-industry liaisons. This study is seen as the first of its kind to assess participants’ attitudes, especially their research journey that serves as the primary way of adoption.

Featured “Special Issue” Article

Caught Between Epistemology and Field-Conditions: Travails of Young Qualitative Policy Researchers in India

Sameer Pendharker, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Sneha Swami, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Himali Mhatre, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Subodh Wagle, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Abstract
The qualitative approach is immensely helpful in policy research as it provides a comprehensive, contextually grounded, and nuanced understanding of policy processes and issues. It is characterized by certain epistemological imperatives that demand the collection of rich, diverse data and a thick description of the context. However, conducting fieldwork to collect data required to fulfill these imperatives poses diverse and stiff challenges, especially for young policy researchers in the Indian context. In this background, this paper argues that, while epistemological principles require qualitative researchers to collect rich and diverse data, the researcher’s social identity and the socio-political ground reality in the field pose significant challenges for young policy researchers in collecting field data. More specifically, the paper discusses the challenges posed by different elements of the researcher’s social identity like economic class, caste, gender, and education. It also discusses the challenges posed by different elements of the socio-political ground reality in the field such as socio-economic inequality, gatekeeping, and by politics played by field-level actors like primary contacts, community leaders, participant groups, and public bureaucrats. It draws from the thematic analysis of fieldwork experiences documented (in the form of fieldnotes and different types of memos) by three Indian researchers (including two females) who were collecting qualitative data for three previous and separate qualitative research projects. This fieldwork was carried out in two different states in India. The discussion in this paper will prove helpful, especially to young qualitative researchers, in planning and executing their fieldwork in developing countries, especially in India.

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