SOCIAL ENQUIRY METHODS assignment 1
SATA FAHNBULLEH SOCIAL ENQUIRY METHODS ASSIGNMENT 1: RESEARCH METHODS
If you wanted to examine young people’s experiences of homelessness, would you use qualitative methods, quantitative methods or a mixed methods approach? Explain your answer.
Brief definition of homelessness
The Australian Bureau of Statistic (2012) defines ‘homelessness’ based on a conceptual framework centred around three core elements. These include adequacy of the dwelling; security of tenure in the dwelling and control of and access to space for social relations. From this stance, homelessness defined as is a state at which a person, or persons lack suitable accommodation alternatives and their current living arrangement is in a dwelling that is inadequate; or has no tenure, or does not allow them to have control of, and access to space for social relations (ABS 2012).
Conceptual understanding of social research approaches:
(Qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods approach)
Conceptual understanding of mixed method approach: Mixed method brings together characteristics of both qualitative and quantitative methods when the issue under investigation cannot be investigated by either a qualitative or a quantitative approach alone. By drawing on the strengths of both qualitative and quantitative approaches, mixed methods allow researchers to study things holistically (Kovacs & Bronstein 2013). The following characteristics associated with mixed methods are employed by researchers to gather information: Researchers collect and analyse persuasively and thoroughly both qualitative and quantitative findings depending on the research questions; links the two forms of data simultaneously or by having one build on the other (Creswell & Plano (2011, cited in Kovacs & Bronstein 2013). Thus, the need for mixed methods arise when either
If you wanted to examine young people’s experiences of homelessness, would you use qualitative methods, quantitative methods or a mixed methods approach? Explain your answer.
Brief definition of homelessness
The Australian Bureau of Statistic (2012) defines ‘homelessness’ based on a conceptual framework centred around three core elements. These include adequacy of the dwelling; security of tenure in the dwelling and control of and access to space for social relations. From this stance, homelessness defined as is a state at which a person, or persons lack suitable accommodation alternatives and their current living arrangement is in a dwelling that is inadequate; or has no tenure, or does not allow them to have control of, and access to space for social relations (ABS 2012).
Conceptual understanding of social research approaches:
(Qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods approach)
Conceptual understanding of mixed method approach: Mixed method brings together characteristics of both qualitative and quantitative methods when the issue under investigation cannot be investigated by either a qualitative or a quantitative approach alone. By drawing on the strengths of both qualitative and quantitative approaches, mixed methods allow researchers to study things holistically (Kovacs & Bronstein 2013). The following characteristics associated with mixed methods are employed by researchers to gather information: Researchers collect and analyse persuasively and thoroughly both qualitative and quantitative findings depending on the research questions; links the two forms of data simultaneously or by having one build on the other (Creswell & Plano (2011, cited in Kovacs & Bronstein 2013). Thus, the need for mixed methods arise when either