Re: Quantitative research Vs qualitative research?


"Bruce Weaver" <bweaver@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Phil Holman wrote:
"Robert" <centro.gamma@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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can someone help me to make two easy examples about quantitative and
qualitative research?

I've read the differences but it's not really clear, and thus gets
harder when i have to combine them.

Thanks a lot.

P.S.
I'm not asking what is quantitative or qualitative research, but to
produce an example for each of them.

Here's a good example; quantitative research would investigate the
proportion of questions on this ng that are homework questions.
Qualitative research would investigate how the ng regulars felt about
being asked to help with homework.

Phil H


But if the investigator produced counts for various "feeling"
categories (e.g., annoyed, unaffected, amused, etc), then what would
it be? :-|

Some of those feelings are orthogonal and so wouldn't fit on a number
line. How would a feeling of wanting to help combined with a feeling of
apprehension about student dishonesty be rated?

Also, with such a subjective variable, what could be inferred from the
result? Could that result be generalized to all news groups? To follow a
more qualitative tack, the investigation might also inquire why they
felt the way they do about the issue.

Phil H




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