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Qualitative hypotheses

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Hypotheses are not commonly disclosed in qualitative research. This can be largely attributed to many qualitative methods not being optimal or suitable for hypothesis testing, and the epistemological curiosity in qualitative research often lacking interest in testing. Nonetheless, qualitative researchers, too, do often operate with hypotheses even though they do not test them. In this essay, I discuss qualitative hypotheses (QHs) as a means to disclose hypotheses without testing them. In particular, the usage, functions, and limitations of QHs are proposed with a contextualising historical overview.

Source: Open Research Europe

DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.19736.1

Author: Veli-Matti Karhulahti

Language: English

Topic: Qualitative Research Methods and Applications

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $841

Funders: European Commission, HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme

Award: G1488892732