The Characteristics of Quantitative and Qualitative Research

Mention a characteristic of quantitative research

• Collecting data based on words from a small number of individuals so that the participants’ views are obtained

• Writing the report using flexible, emerging structures and evaluative criteria, and including the researchers’ subjective reflexivity and bias.

• Creating purpose statements, research questions, and hypotheses that are specific, narrow, measurable, and observable

Examples of instruments In quantitative data collection are:

• survey questionnaires, standardized tests, and checklists.

• semi-structured, unstructured techniques and no test based.

• not use test, data not usually mesureable.

Mention a characteristic of qualitative research

• Is not a problem and don’t need exploring and developing.

• Exploring a problem and developing a detailed understanding of a central phenomenon.

• Describing a research problem through a description of trends or a need for an explanation of the relationship among variables.

What is the key concept, idea or process studied in qualitative research?

• Quantitative research.

• Qualitative report.

• Central phenomenon.

What are the differences in the data analysis procedure of quantitative and qualitative research?

• Data analysis procedures are the same in quantitative and qualitative research.

• In quantitative research is used to direct the types of questions or hypotheses. In qualitative is typically used to establish the importance of the central idea.

• In quantitative research, the investigator relies on statistical analysis of the data. In qualitative research, statistics are not used to analyze the data; instead, the inquirer analyzes words.

What is the similarity in the procedures of qualitative and quantitative data collection?

• Quantitative approaches use more closed-ended approaches in qualitative approaches use more open-ended approaches.

• Both quantitative and qualitative data collection may employ similar approaches, such as interviews or observations.

• In the introduction to a study the research problem section in that both sections need to establish the importance of the problem.

Are the specific procedures involved in the research process

• Data collection, data analysis, and report writing.

• Intervention studies or group comparison studies.

• administer a survey or questionnaire to a small group of people.

Are qualitative procedures for describing, analyzing, and interpreting a cultural group’s

• Narrative research designs.

• Action research designs.

• Ethnographic designs.