Blog 4

Ah Ha Moments

• While all of the dissertations shared were qualitative in nature there were several different approaches (case study, oral history, practitioner inquiry). Seeing these different methods demonstrated made each of them seem more manageable.​
  
• All of the dissertations involved relatively few participants in the study.  In quantitative research study validity is tied closely to sample size, so we are conditioned to think that a larger sample size will yield more impactful the results.  Qualitative research is different because smaller sample sizes allow for individual stories to be told and the stories yield impact on the reader.
•  One of the studies integrated Multiple Case Studies with Practitioner Inquiry.  I had not given much thought to combining methods until reading this work.  It was an effective approach and challenges the "either/or" thought processes I had up to this point.  I am more likely to experience creative discovery in the dissertation process if I embrace an "and so" rather than an "either/or" point of view.

Link to Dissertation Review Graphic Organizer
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