En los estudios cualitativos los investigadores siguen un diseño de la investigación flexible. Comienzan sus estudios con interrogantes sólo vagamente formulados. — La investigación cualitativa es inductiva.

"metodología cualitativa se refiere en su más amplio sentido a la investigación que produce datos descriptivos: las propias palabras de las personas, habladas o escritas, y la conducta observable"

En la metodología cualitativa el investigador ve al escenario y a las personas en una perspectiva holística

Investigadores sociales son naturalistas:

Perspectiva fenomenológica

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Para el investigador cualitativo, todas las perspectivas son valiosas.

Los Métodos Cualitativos son humanistas

Los investigadores cualitativos dan énfasis a la validez en su investigación.

Para el investigador cualitativo, todos los escenarios y personas son dignos de estudio.

El investigador social es un artífice.

Dos enfoques teóricos que pertenecen la tradición fenomenológica:

Coming from an African background, obviously the foundation of the family home is education, probably because my parents had to work a lot harder for everything that they've got in this country.

I believe it is incumbent upon Congress to act aggressively to ameliorate fear and help our country take the essential steps that will make our communities and lives safer.

And the Institute sent me a little film footage of Kinsey himself preparing to do an interview for television to talk about his work, so that was quite valuable for me.

I don't want to do any more movies where I look at it and go, 'Oh, God, gross.'

Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.

We are the music makers. We are the dreamers of the dream.

A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.

Adversity is simply part of earth life. From it we can grow and progress if we choose to. Yes, some trials come because of our own disobedience, but many trials are simply part of life.

Thats human nature the ups and downs.

If I am shot at, I want no man to be in the way of the bullet.

It has crossed my mind that I would like to run or help to run a pro women's tournament, although I really don't know much about organizing an event (it seems overwhelming actually).

I was the kid at six who was like, 'I want to be in a jazz club.' I was never the pop kid, ever. I mean that's not true, I had a couple years where I wanted to be Tiffany and Debbie Gibson, but aside from that, no.

The secret of life is to have no fear; it's the only way to function.

I've had injuries in my life from things beyond my control: runaway horses, helicopters that decide to crash on mountaintops, boating accidents - things that were out of my hands.

Racism is everywhere - the older generations in Malaysia still say things like, 'She's darker-skinned; maybe don't marry her,' and it's very judgmental. A lot of girls do try to get fairness cream to lighten their skin, and I'm against all of that.

My time on television began, and I started playing victims. I did about 10 or 12 years of them, which gets boring, right?

Success makes you less intimidated by things.

I don't know what the future holds. Anything is possible.

Coaching wouldn't be for me. No, certainly not.

You can and should set your own limits and clearly articulate them. This takes courage, but it is also liberating and empowering, and often earns you new respect.

A kind thought, word, or action creates infinite ripples of caring, consideration, and peace.

Tom and I didn't have a problem with the height differential but Paramount did, so we tried to hide it.

I think everybodys weird. We should all celebrate our individuality and not be embarrassed or ashamed of it.

A ship is always referred to as "she" because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.