Track: Global Engineering Education

Abstract

This article aims to analyse  the use of qualitative methods by students in carrying out their studies at Iqra Buru University, then explained about information, reason, and the orientation they have about qualitative methods. The approach used in this study is descriptive qualitative, by using interviews as a data collection model and data analysis techniques in the form of textual analysis techniques from the results of field note transcripts. Results from the field show the theoretical information of the qualitative methods possessed by informants is still low causing reasons for use because the field of science is studied, while the orientation of informants prioritizes the use of qualitative methods to complete the final task. Conclusions from field studies show that the use of qualitative methods is still considered a complement in the completion of the informant's study, so it is difficult to get research results that have contributed to the development of qualitative methods