QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES TO SOCIAL RESEARCH Christina Hughes C.L.Hughes@warwick.ac.uk There has been widespread debate in recent years within many of the social sciences regarding the relative merits of quantitative and qualitative strategies for research. The positions taken by individual researchers vary considerably‚ from those who see the two strategies as entirely separate and based on alternative views of the world‚ to those who are happy to mix these strategies within
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understanding of the contribution to qualitative research to Psychology through the discussion of published qualitative research. Firstly‚ what is qualitative research and how does this differ from qualitative research? According to Smith “Qualitative analysis is concerned with describing the constituent properties of an entity” whereas “Qualitative analysis is involved in determining how much of the entity there is” (Smith et al.‚ 2008 p.1) Quantitative research is any data that is in numerical from such
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also analyzed additional data sets to include more variables like bedrooms and bathrooms in our investigation to test our hypothesis which shows that the results are consistent with the hypothesis. The population size‚ primary and secondary data‚ using unbiased information and applying ethics are also discussed in detail. Real Estate Data Set II As we begin the final stages of our project it is important to understand the process of applied research and how one or more variable
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Final Project Week 5 (Name) MBA5008 – Quantitative Analysis & Decision Making January 31‚ 2015 Dr. Jim Stotler Abstract Email address providers were examined in a survey which compared AOL‚ Gmail‚ Hotmail‚ and Yahoo! These emails were analyzed on ten different dimensions based on the five‚ Big 5 personality dimensions‚ Tech Savvy‚ work performance‚ professional appearance‚ attendance/punctuality and overall performance effectiveness. This paper will address that we do not agree
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The Nature of Qualitative Studies Levonda J. Selph California InterContinental University (CalUniv) GRC 600 – Unit 4 August 5‚ 2014 Dr. Al Infande Introduction The purpose of this paper is to write a seven page essay with multiple sources including Elizabeth J. Tisdell’s (2000) paper on Spiritual Development and Commitments to Emancipotory Education in Women Adult Educators for Social Change in comparison to Sharan B. Merriam’s paper on How Cultural Values Shape Learning
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Introduction Numerous data breaches and computer intrusions have been disclosed by the nation’s largest data brokers‚ retailers‚ educational institutions‚ government agencies‚ health care entities‚ financial institutions‚ and Internet businesses. A data breach may occur when there is a loss or theft of‚ or other unauthorized access to‚ data containing sensitive personal information that results in the potential compromise of the confidentiality or integrity of data. Sensitive personal information
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Qualitative Report: Project Proposal PSY2005 Please have these completed and returned to me by Monday 4pm‚ and I shall return them with feedback that evening so that you can get on with your interviewing. There is no class next week. Group name: Group members: Heather Grant‚ Sharon Obisesan‚ Xiao Chen‚ Geraldine Gowdie (1)General: How friendships formed and/or maintained at university? What is/are your research question(s) ? How friendships are formed and maintained within students before
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Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches RES/351 June 17‚ 2014 University of Phoenix Professor Pamela Campbell Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches Business researchers utilize various forms of approaches to analyze and obtain information and data‚ and two of the most popular approaches used are the qualitative research approach and quantitative research approach. Each approach can be beneficial or in some cases may cause inconclusive results
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Cost of Data Breaches When data breaches occur‚ it can be extremely costly towards a company. They may be required to pay fees directly to consumers‚ or pay for technology that increases their security so a hack does not occur again. Either way‚ corporations should understand the cost that a hack of consumers’ information could cost them. Ponemon Institute researched this and found‚ “data breaches cost companies an average of $221 per compromised record – of which $145 pertains to indirect costs
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Introduction: My aim to find out when the sugar solution’s concentration is high or low it will expand or reduce. Plant cells always have a strong cell wall surrounding them. When the take up water by osmosis they start to swell‚ but the cell wall stops them from bursting. When they are put in dilute solutions‚ plant cells turn out to be “turgid” (swollen and hard). When the pressure inside the cell increases; No more water can’t enter the cell because the internal pressure of the cell is really
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