According to Sutton and Austin (2015), qualitative research can help researchers

According to Sutton and Austin (2015), qualitative research can help researchers
According to Sutton and Austin (2015), qualitative research can help researchers access the thoughts and feelings of research participants, enabling the development of an understanding of the meaning that people ascribe to their experiences. Qualitative work requires reflection on the part of researchers, both before and during the research process, to provide context and understanding for readers. When being reflexive, researchers should not try to ignore or avoid their own biases as this would likely be impossible; instead, reflexivity requires researchers to reflect upon and clearly articulate their position and subjectivities (world view, perspectives, biases) so that readers can better understand the filters through which questions were asked, data were gathered and analyzed, and findings were reported. The role of the researcher in qualitative research is to attempt to access the thoughts and feelings of study participants. Whatever philosophical standpoint the researcher is taking and whatever the data collection method (e.g., focus group, one-to-one interviews), the process will involve generating large amounts of data (Sutton