Answer to Question #266216 in Sociology for Bae

Question

Define a fixed qualitative design and provide a critique of a fixed qualitative design

Answer 1

A fixed qualitative design is a quantitative research design that uses fixed data collection instruments that cannot be changed throughout the data collection phase. One of the critique of a fixed qualitative design is that Qualitative research is nothing more than a collection of anecdotes and personal impressions, all of which are prone to researcher bias.