{"id":18,"date":"2025-06-09T14:02:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T14:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.routledgelearning.com\/qualitativeresearch\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2025-10-14T09:26:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T09:26:06","slug":"wheel-of-research-choices","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging.routledgelearning.com\/qualitativeresearch\/wheel-of-research-choices\/","title":{"rendered":"Wheel of Research Choices"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#e3e3e5;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.routledgelearning.com\/qualitativeresearch\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\tWheel of Research Choices\n<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Wheel of Research Choices<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Wheel of Research Choices<\/strong> is a conceptual model to help researchers consider the choices that they face when designing and implementing a qualitative study. Researchers can use the wheel to consider how their own values and views shape their research and create their own unique set of research lenses. The wheel <strong>helps researchers consider frameworks including a paradigm, a phenomenon, a research approach, a data collection approach, and an analytic approach.<\/strong> The videos here include several paths that demonstrate how researchers can use the wheel, as well as a walk-through using a real-life example.&nbsp;&nbsp;Throughout the text, the authors highlight the work of qualitative researchers from around the world, who share their expertise, guidance, and examples of qualitative research in action. Hear directly from some of the researchers here in these short videos!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-4805a82d wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-default has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-width:2px;border-top-left-radius:8px;border-top-right-radius:8px;background-color:#f2f2f2;box-shadow:none\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 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