The Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) program at Oregon State is a fruitful collaboration with OHSUâthe degree is conferred by both universities, and both OSU and OHSU are noted on the diploma.
Statement of phenomenon of interest. Every qualitative study has some philosophical underpinning which helps in designing research processes. This study is based on a Grounded Theory approach. According to burns and grove (2007) However, in the article the authors have not explicitly defined the philosophical underpinning of this study. Moreover, authors have also not explained that why the phenomenon of the study requires a qualitative format. The Problem Authors have explained the research problem in the very first paragraph of the article.
The process. The approach adopted by qualitative researchers tends to be inductive which means that they develop a theory or look for a pattern of meaning on the basis of the data that they have collected. This involves a move from the specific to the general and is sometimes called a bottom-up approach. However, most research projects also involve a certain degree of deductive reasoning (see section on quantitative research for more details).