What kinds of inquiry approaches are best suited using each qualitative core design? Why? How does the nature of each core qualitative design differ from each other? What specific epistemological foundations underlie each design? How do these epistemological foundations affect both the nature and the application of each core qualitative design? Explain.
core designs:
qualitative descriptive
phenomenology
qualitative case study
narrative
grounded theory
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