A certain qualitative method takes the position that there is no single reality. Because of this, the reality experienced by each participant is unique. Because experience is subjective, the experienced reality is reality
The method does not perform reality checks in order to determine whether a participant's story is "true" or not. What is this qualitative method? (Select all that apply.)
a. Husserlian phenomenology
b. Ethnography
c. Historicism
d. Heideggerian phenomenology
e. Grounded theory
ANS: A, D
The purpose of phenomenological research is to describe experiences (or phenomena) as they are lived—in phenomenological terms, to capture the "lived experience" of study participants. All phenomenologists agree that there is not a single reality; each individual has his or her own reality. Reality is considered subjective, and as a result, unique to the individual.
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