772 Search Results for When to Use Qualitative vs Quantitative Research
Car Advertisements
The automobile industry is one of the largest in the world, and one of the largest advertisers in the world. In the 20th century, and into the 21st, automobiles became the dominant force in the development of the world, giving a h Continue Reading...
Food WasteIntroductionFood loss and waste is a contributor to the problem of global environmental degradation and economic inefficiency. What makes it worse is that it could be prevented. Yet, at the household level, where food waste can be most easi Continue Reading...
Internet has grown exponentially since its first introduction to the public. The precursor to the Internet was the ARPANET. The Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the Department of Defense (Carlitz and Zinga, 1997) and the National Science Continue Reading...
Scientific method is a systematic method of testing hypotheses in research. The four steps are as follows: Step 1: "Observation and description of a phenomenon or group of phenomena" (Introduction to the scientific method, 2012, University of Rochest Continue Reading...
Knowledge creation, according to Borland (2001), requires the systematic analysis of data collected. Best & Kahn (1998, pg. 18) write that "research" has been classically defined as "the systematic and objective analysis and recording of control Continue Reading...
Psychiatric Patients and Mechanical Restraints
Mechanical restraints are one of the most controversial aspects of psychiatric care. The aversion to using them no doubt dates back to the popularity of films like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which Continue Reading...
Indeed, as Muntaner (2003) posited in her research, qualitative methods can be included in a dominantly quantitative research design "in situations where qualitative research adds knowledge that would not be available via quantitative methods" (p. 5 Continue Reading...
Justice as Retribution
Every individual in the globe has a perception towards crime, justice, criminals, and many other aspects in relation to criminals. On hearing the term "criminal," every individual reacts differently. There are those who feel t Continue Reading...
There are also ethical issues pertaining to the observational method that will be discussed later in this paper.
Experience surveys are widely used throughout qualitative research studies, due to their focus on bringing greater insights into the st Continue Reading...
Based on the method the researcher use to conduct analysis, the data analysis presented is appropriate because the researcher use combination of both qualitative and quantitative methods in the data analysis.
Interpretation of Results
The interpr Continue Reading...
United States is in the middle of a war on drugs, and has been for several decades. Yet, many believe that we are losing this war, often because of the impractical approach legislation has taken in response to curb growing rates of addiction in the Continue Reading...
Under such high-pressure conditions, anticipated merger synergies are difficult to achieve in the short-term. And reconfiguring the entire it infrastructure to effectively and efficiently support new business strategies does not get any easier (Walt Continue Reading...
Based on the guiding research question, a deductive approach was deemed best suited for the purposes of the study proposed herein.
Research Strategy
The selection of an appropriate research strategy is important to the successful outcome of a stu Continue Reading...
Critical Thinking in Nursing Education
For far too long nursing has been seen as a profession that requires compassion along with obedience to the orders of doctors who were traditionally considered to be the "real" medical professionals. Nurses wer Continue Reading...
("Qualitative vs. Quantitative Data," 2011)
The Weaknesses
The weaknesses of using each method are limited mainly to their areas of focus. As far as qualitative research is concerned, the main drawback is that we are relying on the research of oth Continue Reading...
Quantitative Versus Qualitative Study Comparison:
Type 2 Diabetes Among Asian Americans
Research study types tend to fall into two distinct categories—that of qualitative and quantitative research. Quantitative research studies are data-driven Continue Reading...
" (Muntenu, 2004)
According to Muntenu (2004) "It is almost impossible for a security analyst with only technical background to quantify security risk for intangible assets. He can perform a quantitative or qualitative evaluation using dedicated sof Continue Reading...
Due to the forces of globalization and modernization, the role of culture within the purchase decision is becoming less and less intense, but the role of the society is increasing. At this level, the decision to purchase is greatly influenced by th Continue Reading...
21-32; Lyster et al., 1999, pg. 457-467). Chaudron (1986, pg. 64-84) explained that the error correction exercise might not have statistical backup on its constrictive impact but nonetheless has proven to have a beneficial impact on the overall comm Continue Reading...
Research instruments fall into two broad categories: those compiled by the researcher him or herself in the form of recorded observations, logs, and rating scales and those completed by the interview subject him or herself in the form of questionnair Continue Reading...
Social Work and Burnout
Providing psychiatric and other forms of social work has been the chosen field of many generations of social workers and a major source of services in mental health facilities. Since psychiatric services are a subset of a la Continue Reading...
secondary, and tertiary sources in a secondary search.
Primary sources may include actual documents from the historical period being researched or hard data derived from experiments. The distinctive characteristic of primary research is that it has Continue Reading...
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Most people's literature reviews experience the following issues: lacking organization and arrangement, lacking focus, agreement and consistency, being recurring and wordy, failing to cite significant papers, failing to keep up with fresh progr Continue Reading...
Recommended during latter phases of research projects.
Recommended during earlier phases of research projects.
Projects in different areas are not linear in approach.
All aspects of the study are carefully designed before data is collected.
The Continue Reading...
Although the research tools provided by the ISO 14001 framework are both qualitative and quantitative, this approach is consistent with the guidance provided by Neuman (2003) who points out that, "Both qualitative and quantitative research use sever Continue Reading...
Employment Discrimination at Wal-Mart
Foundation of the Study
This study examines the legislative and judicial climate that enables corporations like Wal-Mart to engage in practices that violate workers' rights. The popular consensus is that Wal-Ma Continue Reading...
Figure 1 portrays the state of Maryland, the location for the focus of this DRP.
Figure 1: Map of Maryland, the State (Google Maps, 2009)
1.3 Study Structure
Organization of the Study
The following five chapters constitute the body of Chapter I Continue Reading...
The second session had camera instruction. The third session had each participant given a camera and they were instructed to "(t)ake pictures of the challenges and solution in addressing HIV and AIDS" (Mitchell et al., 2005). The fourth session saw Continue Reading...
Good researchers tend to pull methods out of a tool kit as they are needed" (2006, p. 54). Notwithstanding these criticisms and constraints, though, most social researchers seem to agree that classification by some type of research paradigm is a use Continue Reading...
Method
Primary Research Approach Qualitative vs. Quantitative?
Characteristics, Benefits and Problems
Mail survey
Quantitative
Low cost
Poor response rate possibility
Possibility of incomplete answers
Responses are pre-coded and must be sim Continue Reading...
Wanich, Swanson, Wyatt, and Kelly (2012) describe the case of a 51-year-old male patient who developed postoperative pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) following a torn right patellar tendon repair.
This particular study as the objective of describing a case Continue Reading...
Figure 1 portrays three of the scenes 20/20 presented March 15, 2010.
Figure 1: Heather, Rachel, and Unnamed Girl in 20/20 Program (adapted from Stossel, 2010).
Statement of the Problem
For any individual, the death of a family member, friend, pa Continue Reading...
Government
Since gang-related crimes fall within the jurisdiction of state, this research will give an insight on the need to find solutions that increasingly include all levels of government. Congress needs to pass legislation that will change im Continue Reading...
Public School vs. Home Schooling
The modern debate about the issues surrounding the validity of both public education and home school programs are as diverse as those students served by both systems. For the most part in the United States more peopl Continue Reading...
Market Orientation of Medical Diagnostic Units
Dissertation for Master of Health Administration i. Introduction ii. Objectives iii. Description iv Administrative Internship v. Scope and Approach vi. Growth vii. Methodology viii. Hypothesis ix. Surve Continue Reading...
Cloud Computer and Insider Threats
Cloud computing is widely regarded as the wave of the future. "Cloud computing is all the rage. It's become the phrase du jour" (Knorr & Gruen 2011). However, many people throw the phrase around without truly u Continue Reading...
Advertising and public relations serve to communicate ideas and convince the audience of something. Politicians are among the most prolific advertising spenders during election campaigns and can have enormous public relations machines. This is especi Continue Reading...