Qualitative vs Quantitative analysis Qualitative analysis: Richness and Precision The aim of qualitative analysis is a complete‚ detailed description. No attempt is made to assign frequencies to the linguistic features which are identified in the data‚ and rare phenomena receives (or should receive) the same amount of attention as more frequent phenomena. Qualitative analysis allows for fine distinctions to be drawn because it is not necessary to shoehorn the data into a finite number of classifications
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CHARACTERISTICS OF SERVICES The services have unique characteristics which make them different from that of goods. The most common characteristics of services are: Intangibility. Inseparability. Perish ability. Variability Intangibility Services are activities performed by the provider‚ unlike physical products they cannot be seen‚ tasted‚ felt‚ heard or smelt before they are consumed. Since‚ services are not tangibles‚ they do not have features that appeal to the customer’s senses‚ their
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concepts of pollution and purity‚ and generally maximum commensality i.e. interdining occurs within the caste” (Srinivas 1962:3). Varna and Caste In theory‚ the caste system is interlinked with the ‘Varna’ model which divides the Hindu society into four orders‚ viz.‚ Brahmana‚ (Brahman‚ traditionally‚ priest and scholar)‚ Kshatriya (ruler and soldier)‚ Vaishya (merchant) and Shudra (peasant‚ labourer and servant). The first three castes are ‘twice-born’ or ‘dvija’ since the men from these castes are
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there are six types of society that are accepted by the sociologists. The classification starts with hunter-gatherer society and finishes with postindustrial society and in between there is the process of development of human beings as a society. First four types ‚ historically‚ are known as preindustrial societies in terms of social structure‚ cultural accumulation and the level of their technologies‚ the last two types were shaped after the industrial revolution. 1. Foraging Societies When human
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market includes a range of companies operating as all-purpose‚ generalist market research agencies using both qualitative and quantitative research techniques (Domegan and Fleming‚ 2007). {text:list-item} Quantitative research is objective; qualitative research is subjective. Quantitative research seeks explanatory laws; qualitative research aims at in-depth description. Qualitative {text:list-item} Denzin & Lincoln (2003) concur‚ focusing on the attributes of the paradigm‚
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(a) | Qualitative characteristic being employed when companies in the same industry are using the same accounting principles. | Comparability | (b) | Quality of information that confirms users’ earlier expectations. | Feedback value | (c) | Imperative for providing comparisons of a company from period to period. | Consistency | (d) | Ignores the economic consequences of a standard or rule. | Neutrality | (e) | Requires a high degree of consensus among individuals on a given measurement.
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Characteristics of the effective counselor April R. Tessmer Liberty University Author Note I ’d like to acknowledge the wonderful help that I received from one of the finest professors at Liberty University Online. I am very grateful to you‚ Dr. McCarthy‚ who provided me with the much needed suggested improvements and gave me the tools to complete this research paper. Thanks! Abstract The characteristics that make up an effective counselor are the personality traits that really define
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AND CODE QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS IN PSYCHOLOGY (PSY 212) LECTURER MR MATIKA ASSIGNMENT QUESTION: “Qualitative research methods are designed to help researchers understand individuals‚ the social and cultural context within which they stay. Understanding the phenomena from the point of view of the individual and its particular social and institutional context is largely lost when textual data is quantified” (Myers‚ 1997). Discuss the above statement in relation to qualitative and quantitative
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METHODOLOGY The study is basically descriptive utilizing qualitative methodologies including focus group discussions (FGDs)‚ in-depth interviews and field observation. The purpose for using such methodologies is to gather in-depth information on people’s awareness‚ perceptions and practices from their own points of view. Secondary data from the LGUs of both towns as well as from the province of Cebu were likewise gathered to provide a general background of corn production and consumption in these
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design as “the researcher’s overall for answering the research question or testing the research hypothesis”. This study focuses on the opinion of nurses on pain in patients that suffer from dementia. The research approach is non-experimental‚ qualitative‚ exploratory-descriptive and contextual. 3.2.1 Non-experimental research According to Polit et al (2001:178)‚ non-experimental research is used in studies whose purpose is description and where it is unethical to manipulate the independent
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