Research Diary

Research Diary

Research Diary

Diary Research Method

This research is established & carried out by using the qualitative method, employing diary research.

Research Design

The search is based on secondary data accumulation using the diary method and qualitative research. Normally there are some other research methods too like mixed research method. A mixed method is a research orientation that possesses unique purposes and techniques. It integrates techniques from quantitative and qualitative paradigms to tackle research questions that can be best addressed by mixing these two traditional approaches. As long as 40 years ago, scholars noted that quantitative and qualitative research were not antithetical and that every research process, through practical necessity, should include aspects of both quantitative and qualitative methodology. In order to achieve more useful and meaningful results in any study, it is essential to consider the actual needs and purposes of a research problem to determine the methods to be implemented (Rosalyn, 1994).

The literature on mixed methods design is vast, and contributions have been made by scholars from myriad disciplines in the social sciences. Therefore, this entry is grounded in the work of these scholars. This entry provides a historical overview of mixed methods as a paradigm for research, establishes differences between quantitative and qualitative designs, shows how qualitative and quantitative methods can be integrated to address different types of research questions, and illustrates some implications for using mixed methods. Though still new as an approach to research, mixed methods design is expected to dominate the social and behavioral sciences. The objective of social science research is to understand the complexity of human behavior and experience. The task of the researcher, whose role is to describe and explain this complexity, is limited by his or her methodological repertoire. As tradition shows, different methods often are best applied to different kinds of research. Having the opportunity to apply various methods to a single research question can broaden the dimensions and scope of that research and perhaps lead to a more precise and holistic perspective of human behavior and experience. Research is not knowledge itself, but a process in which knowledge is constructed through step-by-step data gathering.

Data is gathered most typically through two distinct classical approaches qualitative and quantitative. The use of both these approaches for a single study, although sometimes controversial, is becoming more widespread in social science. Methods are “design” components that include the following: (a) relationship between the researcher and research “subjects,” (b) details of the experimental environment (place, time, etc.), (c) sampling and data collection methods, (d) data analysis strategies, and (e) knowledge dissemination. The design of a study thus leads to the choice of method strategy (Thomas, 1996).

The framework for a study, then, depends on the phenomenon being studied, with the participants and relevant theories informing the research design. Most study designs today needs to include both quantitative and qualitative methods for gathering effective data and can thereby incorporate a more expansive set of assumptions and a broader ...