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Confounding issues related to determining sample size in qualitative research
Authors:Norman Blaikie
Institution:Retired professor of sociology
Abstract:The debate on determining sample size in qualitative research is confounded by four fundamental methodological issues: the exclusive focus on theme analysis; the diverse and imprecise use of ‘qualitative’; a reliance on only two logics of inquiry, induction and deduction, and the occasional confusion of abduction with induction; and a general lack of recognition of the importance of differences in ontological assumptions. Embedded in these issues is an unwarranted acceptance of limited associations between certain assumptions, logics, forms of data, and methods of data collection/generation and analysis. What is required is a reformulation of the problem and its discussion with reference to ontological assumptions and logics of inquiry.
Keywords:Sample size  qualitative research  ontological assumptions  logics of inquiry
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