Distance Education Experiences of First-Year Undergraduate Students

Abstract

In this study, interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA), one of the forms of analysis of phenomenology included in qualitative research paradigms, is introduced. First, the chapter emphasized what the phenomenology pattern is as well as the history and basic philosophy of phenomenology. Afterward, the phenomenological approaches will be mentioned, and a comparison of the related approaches shall be presented. The aim of this study and the research questions were shaped by including an exemplary phenomenon in the basic framework. In order to find answers to the relevant research questions, the method of the study, the participant selection, and the data collection process, ensuring validity and reliability and the issues to be considered in the interpretation of the data were discussed. The analysis process of the data collected through a sample data collection tool was explained. The results obtained through IPA were combined under themes. In this way, a model was developed in the study. In this study, important explanations about the use of IPA for researchers were given.