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Consider how qualitative and quantitative research methods complement one another, and consider the role of mixed methods designs.
Quantitative and qualitative social science study techniques have, for long, remained discrete, barely overlapping, spheres. But, of late, innovations have shed light on quantitative and qualitative techniques’ complementarity (Maxwell, 1998). Complementarily employing both methods offers broader understandings besides facilitating research findings’ confirmation or triangulation using different techniques, thus improving overall result validity and making the research more useful for targeted entities. However, the quest for genuinely complementary research techniques is also a greatly challenging task as it… Continue Reading...
gang associations) and one of which is psychological or individual (social self-control).
The authors also carefully align their research methods and design with the research questions and the purpose of the study. In this case, the researchers choose a cross-sectional design with population samples from Los Angeles. Because the authors are specifically interested in urban gang violence, their sampling methods are appropriate, as is the selection of the research site. The authors did need to choose a population sample that would have been exposed to both violence in the community as well as family members and friends in gangs. The cross-sectional approach allowed the researchers to examine all… Continue Reading...
This course fulfills its promise to help students understand research methods in education and educational administration specifically. Concepts of research have been covered clearly, to allow students better insight into how they might construct their own research from the proposal stage through the analysis and interpretation of results. Through encounters with original research like the Porter, Polikoff, Goldring, et al. (2010) study, students in this course also become more familiar with how researchers develop and implement assessments to evaluate the efficacy of different school leadership models.
Moreover, this course empowers students to adopt a professional mindset to evaluate the… Continue Reading...
to approach a problem from as many angles as possible, and consider the way their choice research methods might impact interpretation of a problem and more importantly, impact public policy.
Mixed methods extend understanding of a research problem in several ways. Case studies and other qualitative methods offer an in-depth and also personalized, humanized insight into how public health or social problems impact the lives of individuals and families. Likewise, interviews and focus groups can offer policymakers insight into how certain policies and programs are being perceived to determine why compliance rates or customer satisfaction rates are low. However, qualitative approaches fail to illustrate the scope… Continue Reading...
public health and value-based purchasing issues, safety, and a practically unlimited array of other uses. Using quantitative research methods generates numerical data: data that can be used to generate statistics, to track patterns reliably using metrics, and to make fairly accurate predictions based on quantitative modeling. The research methods used in quantitative studies are often scrutinized carefully, ensuring consistency, reliability, and validity. Therefore, effective healthcare service delivery and operations depend on quantitative research.
Implications for Knowledge Generation in Healthcare
Both quantitative and qualitative research contributes to knowledge generation in healthcare. The implications of each depend on the ontological and epistemological frameworks used by stakeholders. For example, a… Continue Reading...
experiences of people regarding as specific research issue. In most cases, qualitative research methods are considered suitable in identifying intangible factors through a scientific inquiry such as socioeconomic status, religion, social norms, and ethnicity (College of Computer and Information Science, n.d.). In this regard, there are several aspects that distinguish qualitative research writing, which are brought by specific designs, steps of analysis, and data collection procedures. An understanding of these aspects of qualitative research writing helps in enhancing the effectiveness of the research process and research findings.
Salient Aspects of Qualitative Research Writing
In his discussion on qualitative research procedures, Creswell (2014)… Continue Reading...
P., & Mclarty, K. (2011). Invisible Boundaries: Diversity in Student Organizations. Qualitative Research Methods.
The study was conducted at S. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota. The research that was done in the 2010/2011 academic season involved 3,156 students enrolled at the institution. The ratio of males to females was 45:55. Most of the students were of white origin/ non-Hispanic. This group constituted 84%. The remainder percentage of students was of other races. St. Olaf was rated highly and came first among baccalaureate schools with the numbers of students who studied abroad in 2007/2008 school year. Figures show that 73% of the graduates from… Continue Reading...
https://www.iep.utm.edu/phen-psy/
Wertz, F.J. (2005). Phenomenological research methods for counseling psychology. Journal of Counseling Psychology 52(2): 167-177.
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Qualitative methods like those used in descriptive phenomenological psychology can provide empirical results. In fact, one of the aims of the descriptive phenomenological method is to locate… Continue Reading...
Husserl’s work went on to inform descriptive research methods used in the social sciences, whereas Heidegger’s work gave rise to interpretive research methods. Research methods like interviews can be used with either a descriptive or an interpretive approach to phenomenological psychology.
Descriptive (Husserl-based) Phenomenological Methods
Descriptive phenomenological research methods emerged from Husserl. The main tenets of descriptive phenomenological methods are to allow the participants to share their descriptions and thereby construct the lived experience independently of the researcher’s own background, perspective, or biases. Conclusions can be drawn from a set of data collected from methods such as… Continue Reading...
San Miguel & Kim
Did the studies use inductive or deductive research methods? Explain.
It was clearly an example of deductive reasoning.
Why did the researcher choose induction or deduction for the study?
The study's authors clearly wanted to focus on Latina scientists and engineers and what leads to them being successful. As noted in abstract, the authors sough to reveal the mentoring and positive experiences of Latinas in the STEM field.
Do you think the choice of induction or deduction was correct for the study?
Absolutely. If the desired data and things to check are known in advance, the deductive… Continue Reading...
exist for Karen refugees in terms of their culture, literacy, and language (Qualitative)
C. The study offers quantitative and qualitative research methods. The quantitative method consists of a participant tracker (clients), their needs and how these needs were addressed by GAP staff. The qualitative was an open-ended questionnaire-based focus group with the prevailing theme of GAP staff competency. The variables were clients, GAP services, and they were measured in terms of efficacy and outcomes. Notes were used primarily with no real survey conducted rather than interviews and written responses. In terms of sample, the majority of participants were Karen refugees with some Somali and one Nebal client.
D. The information… Continue Reading...
poor decisions.
The left brain/right brain metaphor demonstrates the need for fusing qualitative and quantitative research methods. Social scientists who discount the relevance or validity of qualitative methods can be considered left brained in their worldview. As important as quantitative analyses are, social science research does not always lend itself to quantification. Human beings are not robots. Human behavior cannot always be translated into quantifiable data outputs. On the other hand, qualitative research is also insufficient because of its inherently subjective nature. A combination of qualitative and quantitative research methods is ideal for the social sciences.
The debate between the practitioner/professional doctorate and the traditional… Continue Reading...
research. Low income countries encompass resource-constrained countries across the globe, especially in Central and South America, Africa, and Asia.
Research Methods
Generally, market research may be based primary or secondary data (ESOMAR, 2007). Primary data is data collected for the first time, while secondary data is data that already exists. Since the target audience includes prisons in low income countries, using secondary data may be a daunting challenge since most of these countries lack properly documented data about healthcare provision in prisons. The research will, therefore, rely on primary data. More specifically, the research will involve a descriptive survey aimed at understanding the state of healthcare in low income… Continue Reading...
experimental, but could also be qualitative in nature. Qualitative research methods are used more often in the social sciences than the hard sciences. Using the most appropriate type of research methodology, the scientist tests the hypothesis using recognizable instruments and then reports the results of the experiment to… Continue Reading...
or that stakeholder. Such is the problem with qualitative studies: the research methods involved in qualitative analysis can be less rigorous and informative for researchers and professionals than quantitative analysis. Yet some leaders will prefer basing their policies on qualitative literature because it is thematic, conceptual and oftentimes more emotionally appealing. Quantitative studies, however, appeal to the logical side of the mind, the empirical aspect of research, which requires physical evidence that can be seen and duplicated in a second and third study so that results and statistics are verified. Statistical data can be tested and proved accurate in ways that… Continue Reading...
foods (Hilbeck, et al, 2015). Some of the claims noted are that there are a wide range of different research methods employed, that there is inadequacy of available procedures for testing, and that there are differences in the analysis and interpretation of data. One would reasonably think that using a wide range of interpretations and research methods, and still reaching the same conclusions, would make a case in favor of GMO safety, but the critique of inadequate research methods is one worth considering. It is also worth considering that GMO foods have only been in existence for around 25 years, not long enough for longitudinal studies on the adverse… Continue Reading...
when I start writing. The annotated bibliographies encourage me to summarize the literature, determine the strength or credibility of the research methods, and think critically about how that research applies to my own work.
The topic I am considering for my annotated bibliography is criminal psychology. Criminal psychology addresses the psychological motivations for committing crime, including personality theories and theories that take into account biological, social, and environmental risk factors. Because I do not yet know what specific area to research, I will start with three general sources about criminal psychology. The following is my preliminary annotated bibliography on criminal psychology.
Annotated Bibliography
Andrews, D.A. & Bonta, J. (2010). The… Continue Reading...
community it is supposed to serve. Colonialist worldviews affects research questions, research designs, and research methods. Indigenous people are systematically barred from controlling discourse, or even defining or operationalizing their own terms. Disallowing for self-definition or self-determination, colonialism in higher education therefore perpetuates power inequities beyond the walls of the institution, reverberating throughout society. Indigenous people are the subjects or objects of research and thereby objectified, as opposed to being the lead researchers who frame new paradigms, evolving theory, and participate in the creation of new knowledge with real world applications. Critical race theory and anti-colonial rhetoric is insufficient for promoting egalitarianism in higher… Continue Reading...
and practices (McArthur & Cooper, 2017). However, humanistic psychology often eschews quantitative research methods, diverges considerably from the views in cognitive psychology, psychoanalysis and behaviorism, and has been occasionally perceived or portrayed of as too soft to be relevant to the social sciences (Wong, 2017). More recently, humanistic psychologists have gained ground in acquiring greater credibility for the contributions of their paradigm. In particular, humanistic psychology has a greater potential to offer multimodal interventions than other approaches to psychology, For example, psychological wellness is conceived of in a broad-minded manner encompassing multiple domains of life including the interpersonal, community, occupational, psychological, physical,… Continue Reading...
