INTRODUCTION TO QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS There are generally two kinds of research: qualitative and quantitative. For any research project the researcher needs to be clear about which type of research will provide the information required. The role of qualitative research is to tell you why; quantitative research tells you how many. The methods are quite different. Definition of Quantitative research? "There ’s no such thing as qualitative data. Everything is either 1
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QUALITATIVE‚ QUANTITATIVE & MIXED METHODS RESEARCH WEEK 6 Competitive Intelligence BPP BUSINESS SCHOOL BPP BPP BUSINESS SCHOOL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Week 1 - The Role of Research in the Organisation Week 2 - Conducting Literature Reviews and Referencing Week 3 - An Introduction to Inductive and Deductive Research Week 4 - Research Design Week 5 - Research Questions and Hypotheses Week 6 - Qualitative‚ Quantitative and Mixed Methods Research Week 7 - Individual and Group Interviewing
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The Qualitative Report Volume 9 Number 2 June 2004 176-191 http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR9-2/bender.pdf The Implications of Sex Tourism on Men’s Social‚ Psychological‚ and Physical Health Kimberly Bender South County Center Mental Health Services‚ Alexandria‚ Virginia‚ USA Rich Furman University of Nebraska-Omaha‚ Omaha‚ Nebraska‚ USA This article explores sex tourism and possible concerns for the male sex tourist through a content analysis of sex tourism web sites. This qualitative‚ exploratory
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Research Method 1 Running head: Research Problem and Method Paper Internet Communication as a Tool for Qualitative Research Research Problem and Method Paper Abstract: While calloborating on the research community‚ the World Wide Web has opened a different perspective and provides access for data collection. The Internet user can now engage in research on a world-wide
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The Qualitative Report Volume 11 Number 3 September 2006 538-549 http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR11-3/ponterotto.pdf Brief Note on the Origins‚ Evolution‚ and Meaning of the Qualitative Research Concept “Thick Description” Joseph G. Ponterotto Fordham University‚ New York‚ New York The origins‚ cross-disciplinary evolution‚ and definition of “thick description” are reviewed. Despite its frequent use in the qualitative literature‚ the concept of “thick description” is often confusing to researchers
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Differences between Quantitative and Qualitative Research Differences between Quantitative and Qualitative Research Quantitative research – is a formal‚ objective‚ systematic research which bases on precise figures. While conducting such kind of research‚ an investigator collects and analyzes data and statistics. The main purposes of applying quantitative method of research are: description of variables; examination of relationship among variables; determination
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Abstract During the 1980s‚ market research practitioners and academic marketing researchers witnessed a growing interest in qualitative research. A review of the practitioner and academic literature on qualitative market(ing) research reveals the commonalities and the differences in the ways each group represents‚ thinks about and practices qualitative research. Areas where both groups might benefit from sharing ideas and information and from closer links generally are discussed. Article Type:
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differences stand out because they are so extreme. However it’s the similarities that are fascinating. This is because they unit the gap between quantitative and qualitative research practices. Both articles seem to agree that weak designs can not be saved with statistical manipulation. They also agree about the nature of qualitative research‚ the definition of falsification‚ and the importance of design social inquiry. How ever‚ they seem to disagree greatly on the validity of quasi-experimental analysis
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Kab Twyman Dr Nicholson Week 7 Qualitative Research Project Part 2 9 Feb 2014 Introduction Since the 1990’s Racial Profiling has become a major issue in our society. There has been an abundance of court cases‚ killings and protests where people from the Black community feel that they are being harassed‚ stopped and questioned or arrested‚ simply for their outward appearance and look. Racial profiling for the most part has been linked to the police and their investigative
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Changing a Qualitative research into a quantitative study Name: College: Summary of the Article Fry and her colleagues undertook a qualitative research to develop a moral distress model in military nursing. Using the same problem statement‚ literature analysis and background information‚ this paper aims at converting the qualitative study carried out by Fry and her colleagues into a quantitative study. The study entails setting different research questions and collecting data that
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