Dissertation Consulting | Editorial Division

Qualitative Methodology

The main goal for a qualitative researcher in the methodology chapter is to offer a clean and persuasive argument for using your chosen qualitative design. Your argument entails how to conduct your chosen qualitative research, identifies its strengths and weaknesses, and ensures research questions align with your selected qualitative method.

Qualitative researchers focus during the data collection process is channeled toward language, not numerical data. Rather than using statistical analysis to analyze numerical data, qualitative researchers use a systematic language-centered analysis approach to obtain clarity of various forms of data that are not quantified.


Editor’s Role

Dee’tail Consulting editors assist you, the qualitative researcher, in finalizing your methodology chapter. Additionally, our editors can complete your analysis by using various qualitative analysis software.

  • Our editors assist you by creating a thorough explanation of your research design, to include valid reason why your selected qualitative research method is best to investigate your specific research questions. This chapter includes references to conclusively proven researchers and research methods to validate the credibility of your specific methodology.
  • Following discussion regarding your research design, your editor reviews the full discussion surrounding your target population and sampling strategy. The strategy should detail your process for selecting study participants and how many participants you propose to engage to ensure strong qualitative analysis and results.
  • Based on your selected design, your assigned editor helps you to identify the appropriate qualitative analysis protocol for your study, which enables you to thoroughly investigate your research questions.
  • Your editor reviews all ethical considerations and possible limitations for your study. Limitations could include: researcher assumptions, credibility, confirmability, and replicability of your data. Executing this process allows for a smooth pathway through Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval.