Navigating the "Seven C's": Curiosity, Confirmation, Comparison, Changing, Collaborating, Critiquing, and Combinations

Authors

Ron J. Chenail, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow

Abstract

It is important for researchers to establish a research posture (i.e., the relationship a researcher wants to have with his or her subject or other) (Wolcott, 1992) and making subsequent methodological choices in which all cohere and are consistent with the ascribed posture. By keeping things plumb in this manner, researchers can greatly increase the chances that their projects will be internally coherent and imminently more do-able than those studies which grow out-of-alignment. A method for assessing research posture, the "Seven C's," is presented and a series of questions are introduced to help researchers match their postures with particular research methodologies.

Keywords

qualitative research

Publication Date

3-1-2000

Creative Commons License

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DOI

10.46743/2160-3715/2000.2082

Recommended APA Citation

Chenail, R. J. (2000). Navigating the "Seven C's": Curiosity, Confirmation, Comparison, Changing, Collaborating, Critiquing, and Combinations. The Qualitative Report, 4(3), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2000.2082