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Exercise 12: Drawing Conclusions from Your Research

This activity adapted from Activity 65 Drawing Conclusions from Qualitative Data by
Catherine Dawson (2016).

Look at the Table below and write your research conclusions briefly

Table 1. Conclusions which can be made from different types of research

Type of research Conclusions Your conclusions
Action Research Recommendations for
improvement of practice;
Strategies for improving existing
problems and improving
services. Methods of reflexivity
and problem solving are applied
to improve understanding and/or
practice

Discourse Provides understanding of
analysis people’s construction of own
identity and/or events. Does not
provide ultimate answers
Ethnography Describes and explains cultural
behaviour. Gives stories by the
participants of the study and
gives voice to participants
through these stories. Provides
descriptive conclusions, without
explaining “Why”
Ethnomethodolog Describes how social order is
y kept with certain procedures and
practices. Describes accounts of
people and researchers, without
analyzing the validity aspect of
these accounts
Feminist research Gives voice to diverse
experiences and feelings of the
marginalized. Makes conclusions
from the perspective of feminist
theory, contributes to the
development of feminist theory
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