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Qualitative research faces new opportunities in an increasingly complex and multidimensional social world where the particularly qualitative strengths of understanding context, diversity, nuance and process might potentially be very highly valued...

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Qualitative research faces new opportunities in an increasingly complex and multi–dimensionalsocial world where the particularly qualitative strengths of understanding context, diversity, nuance and process might potentially be very highly valued...

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The 5th international Qualitative Research Convention has been successfully held from 7th to 9th December 2009. The Convention was successful in bringing four experts from the United States. United Kingdom and Australia who shared many current issues in qualitative research...

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Although there is a growing acceptance of qualitative studies, there is no widely accepted set of ideas in regard to the use of a theoretical framework to guide the inquiry. Lack of available conceptual maps provided by theoretical frameworks, and the qualitative “black box” tradition all contribute to a dearth of methodological guidance in such studies...

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A declaration of ontological and epistemological assumptions that ground and direct the research process, including sample selection, methodological choice and transferability of results, has become more and more important in the world of qualitative research...

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