An Introduction to Qualitative Research (Challenges and Strategies)

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Research is a scientific and systematic activity about a subject, accompanied by its multilateral analysis. In other words, research is a process of knowledge production. A Researcher gathers information, processes it and analyzes it. One of the main obstacles on the way of a researcher’s success, especially while the researcher’s inefficiency of selecting subject and setting research proposals, is the information and lack of the necessary acquaintance with the methods of systematic research. Nowadays, the level of some research projects in the world as well as in our country, especially in Masters and Ph.D. levels, is so high that after the defense session they become scientific references for those who want to write a book and articles. Therefore, reviewing some of the challenges and proposing strategies for conducting researches in the various fields of humanities can be useful. In view of the teaching experience in this subject and other humanities fields, the article provides an introduction to this important issue.

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