ccashwell/qualitative-research-pro

academic-writing

Use when writing academic prose for qualitative research — findings, methods, discussion sections with appropriate voice and conventions.

action-research

Use when conducting participatory action research (PAR) involving collaborative inquiry, cycles of action and reflection.

apa-formatting

Use when formatting academic work in APA 7th edition style — citations, references, headings, tables, and manuscript structure.

case-study-methods

Use when designing or conducting case study research following Yin's multiple case study methodology or Stake's approach.

category-development

Use when developing and densifying categories with properties, dimensions, conditions, and consequences.

chicago-formatting

Use when formatting academic work in Chicago/Turabian style — notes-bibliography or author-date systems.

coding-pipeline

Use when orchestrating the full open → selective → theoretical coding pipeline in grounded theory analysis.

conceptual-frameworks

Use when building or using conceptual and theoretical frameworks in qualitative research.

constant-comparison

Use when conducting the constant comparative method — comparing incidents to incidents, incidents to concepts, and concepts to concepts.

constructivist-gt

Use when conducting Charmaz's constructivist grounded theory, for comparison with Glaser's classic approach.

data-management-protocols

Use when creating data management plans for qualitative research — storage, security, anonymization, retention, and sharing.

document-analysis

Use when analyzing documents, artifacts, policies, or media as qualitative data sources.

ethnographic-methods

Use when conducting ethnographic research involving prolonged engagement, participant observation, and cultural description.

focus-group-methods

Use when designing and facilitating focus groups for qualitative data collection.

formal-theory

Use when extending a substantive grounded theory to a formal theory applicable across multiple substantive areas.

glaserian-grounded-theory

Use when conducting classic grounded theory research following Glaser's methodology. Covers the complete GT process from entering the field through theory write-up, including open/selective/theoretical coding, constant comparison, memoing, theoretical…

interview-design

Use when designing semi-structured interview protocols, crafting questions, and planning interview procedures for qualitative research.

literature-synthesis

Use when conducting a literature synthesis — systematic review, narrative review, scoping review, or meta-synthesis of qualitative studies.

member-checking

Use when conducting member checking or participant validation to enhance credibility of qualitative findings.

memo-writing

Use when writing theoretical memos, code notes, operational notes during grounded theory analysis.

mixed-methods-design

Use when designing mixed methods research that integrates qualitative and quantitative approaches.

narrative-inquiry

Use when conducting narrative research — analyzing stories, life histories, and narrative accounts of experience.

observation-methods

Use when designing observation protocols, conducting participant observation, or writing field notes.

open-coding

Use when conducting line-by-line open coding, generating substantive codes, in vivo codes, and initial categories from qualitative data.

paradigmatic-positioning

Use when articulating the ontological, epistemological, and methodological assumptions underlying a qualitative study.

peer-debriefing

Use when conducting peer debriefing or external audit processes to enhance the dependability and confirmability of qualitative research.

phenomenological-methods

Use when conducting phenomenological research — descriptive (Moustakas/Husserl), hermeneutic (van Manen/Heidegger), or interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA/Smith).

qualitative-rigor

Use when establishing or evaluating the trustworthiness and rigor of qualitative research using Lincoln & Guba's criteria and related frameworks.

reflexive-practice

Use when engaging in researcher reflexivity — examining positionality, assumptions, and their influence on the research process.

research-ethics

Use when addressing ethical considerations in qualitative research — IRB protocols, informed consent, confidentiality, and ethical practice.

research-proposal-writing

Use when writing research proposals or grant applications for qualitative or grounded theory studies.

research-questions

Use when formulating qualitative research questions — open-ended, exploratory, process-oriented questions appropriate for the chosen methodology.

sampling-strategies

Use when selecting sampling strategies for qualitative research — purposeful, theoretical, snowball, criterion, maximum variation.

selective-coding

Use when the core category has emerged and you need to delimit the theory by coding selectively around the core.

situational-analysis

Use when conducting Clarke's situational analysis — mapping the situation of inquiry using situational, social worlds/arenas, and positional maps.

substantive-theory

Use when building a substantive grounded theory — a theory grounded in data from a specific substantive area.

thematic-analysis

Use when conducting Braun & Clarke's reflexive thematic analysis, identifying and analyzing patterns of meaning across qualitative data.

theoretical-coding

Use when integrating substantive codes into theoretical models using Glaser's 18 coding families.

theoretical-sampling

Use when making decisions about where to collect data next based on emerging theoretical categories.

theoretical-saturation

Use when assessing whether categories are theoretically saturated and no new properties emerge from additional data.