W RITING Q UALITATIVE R ESEARCH

How should we organize publishable qualitative research? 1. Consider the format and structure of the paper (layout, APAi etc) 2. Write a title that matches with the content of the study 3. Write a structured abstract (background, aim, method, results)

4. Write a review of earlier research: theoretical background of the study 5. Write your aim(s) and research questions clearly 6. Describe the context (setting) in which your study was carried out 7. Give a detailed description of the research design, instruments, analysis, and data collection procedure

8. Write how you managed reliability and validity 9. Write your results and discussion Describe your outcomes and your interpretations Discuss whether your results fill out the picture of what we already know or contradicts with earlier findings Discuss in what ways your study is important for research community 10. Write your limitations, suggestions for further study, and implications

G ENERAL C RITERIA FOR A G OOD Q UALITATIVE R ESEARCH ( BY M ARIE C AMPBELL ) 1. While arriving at analytical conclusions, demonstrate that you have used the procedures that are relevant to your declared methodology. Be transparent Write how you have collected your data, analysed it, and used it in arriving at your conclusions

2. Show your proficiency in essay writing Have an argument Introduce your argument Sequence them logically Help readers to get it

3. Do not only explain but also persuade Give evidence for your arguments (your data is your evidence) Use the right and sufficient data to illustrate clearly and logically what is being claimed Present your evidence within a description in narrative form