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“Qualitative research is one of the fields
of research that has attracted different types of researchers. It involved
investigative methodologies and techniques applied in various areas of
research. Mainly the qualitative research is a naturalistic or observer
analysis method that can be implemented in every natural setting with the
required ease. It has been argued that the qualitative research is based on the
value of looking at variables that are considered to be commonly found in a
rather natural setting. It mainly relies on natural and comprehensive data that
is primarily got through the use of open-ended questions (Babbie, 2016).
Primarily an interviewer will always use open ended question and quotations
while sourcing the data from the sources.

Being a strong kind of research method
qualitative research has gained a lot of support and is being applied to the
bond. It is necessary to note that this sort of analysis/research has several
limitations and strengths that go hand in hand and which the researcher, an
interview or any other person involved in such research need to understand. The
strengths make it a dear to many while the limitations are mainly the
disadvantages related to the research method.

Among the strengths, the quantitative field
research is that the approaches used in this research are specifically
responsive to the situations being experienced locally as well as the
surrounding conditions and environment. It also involves a clear relation to
the stakeholders needs in a direct manner. This means that  research can
be able to get the real information from the right source without much
struggle. The second important strength is that it is a strong kind of research
especially when it comes to establishing and describing some form of complex
occurrences. Mainly the researchers will use the qualitative research to research
the cause and the effect of a particular phenomenon while at the same time
getting the insight of such issues.

On the other hand, there is also some
limitations or weaknesses related to this form of research. In most cases, it
can rely on some knowledge which might not be general to a section of people or
rather a certain setup. This is because; in most cases the findings in a
particular research might only be unique to a group of people but rather not to
the whole population (Dixon, Singleton, and Straits, 2016). The second
limitation is that it might take long to get to understand the results of the
data given that data analysis can take a lot of time to analyses due to being
bulky, from different sources and being unique to every person involved in the
research.

In
criminal justice topic, there are different research questions that could be
tested using the qualitative research. Research Question one: does the death
sentence prevent people to be involved in crimes. Research question two: does
allowing media in criminal proceedings affect the outcome of cases in a court
of law.”

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