Clifford Woody Research Method

Research is an academic activity as such the term should be used in a real-world sense. Research methodology is a way to systemically answer the research problem, it may be understood as a science of studying how research is done scientifically. According to Clifford woody research comprises defining and redefine problems, formulating hypothesis or suggesting solutions, collecting and evaluating data, making deductions and reaching conclusions. The determination of research is to discover answers to questions through the use of scientific procedures. Qualitative research is characterized its aims, which relate to understand some of the social life, and its method which generates words, rather than numbers. In working with people the researcher

in-depth interviewing also refers to unstructured interview.Kahn and Cannell (1957:147) describe interview as “a conversation with a purpose “. Interview differs in terms of priori structure and the scope the interviewee has in responding to questions. In-depth interview is a technique designed to elicit vivid picture of the participant’s perspective on the research topic, Mack (2005:29). Qualitative in-depth interviews typically are more like conversations than formal events with predetermined response categories. The researcher explores few general topics to help uncover the participant’s frames and structure the responses. This method is based on assumptions fundamental to qualitative

In-depth interviews last from one to two hours. When conducting an in-depth interview, researchers ask mostly open ended questions, such questions encourage a detailed respond rather than a “yes” or” no” answer or one word answer to elicit unstructured talk from participants about their experiences and opinions, the questions that the researcher must ask during the interview will be suggested or specified in an interview or question guide created in advance by the research team Mack