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.
One observation involves a number, which is the length of the leaf. The other observations make no mention of a number; instead, it tells us the color and appearance of the leaf. This type of observation is what we call a qualitative observation. Qualitative observation deals with data that can be observed with our senses (sight, smell, touch, taste and hearing) but is not measured. They are descriptive observations that do not involve numbers. For instance, colors, shapes and textures of objects are all qualitative observations.