PPT-Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods

Qualitative and Quantitative Research Quantitative Research A type of educational research in which the researcher decides what to study Qualitative Research A type of educational research in which the researcher relies on the views of the participants. We recommend that you consult the suggested readings at the end of the module for more indepth treatment of the foundations of qualitative research This module covers the following topics Introduction to Qualitative Research Comparing Qualitative Chong Ho Yu. Paradigm war. In the past qualitative and quantitative researchers could not get along.. Qualitative researchers criticized quantitative research:. Based on narrow-minded philosophy: positivism. What it is and how to do it.. (Main Source: Action Research in Education by Efron and Ravid). Why?. Do you want to improve, change, or validate something?. What would you like to improve, change or validate?. Anne Hatløy and Jon Pedersen. Fafo AIS. ‘Policy and Practice in Violence Affected Contexts: What Can the Latest Conflict Research Teach Us?‘. Microcon. conference, University of Sussex . June 30. of doing . Mixed Methods Research . Kathy Murphy & . Dympna. Casey. Thought we would . Talk about what mixed methods is and is not. Outline the differences in designs. Share with you how we actually mixed qualitative and quantitative data sets and the challenges of doing that.. Dr. Andrea . Abbas. . aabbas@lincoln.ac.uk. Dr Julian . Beckton. jbeckton@lincoln.ac.uk. Aims of Session. To consider what counts as acceptable qualitative and quantitative research in different disciplines (similarities and differences) and reflect on how you currently position yourselves. Most methods of primary qualitative data . analysis . can be applied to qualitative evidence . synthesis. ‘New’ evidence synthesis approaches have emerged –. eg. meta-ethnography – but use recognisable qualitative analysis principles . Qua. n. titative and qualitative data. Questionnaires can gather both sets of data, as can interviews.. This is called a mixed method. Some research only used one type of data. Qua. n. titative: Involve . . By Jonathan . Sarwono. . . INTRODUCTION . Can we mix two different methods in conducting research? More specifically, can we combine the quantitative and qualitative approaches at the same time while we are conducting a study on a certain subject? To answer that question, we need to think over several considerations; some of them are at the philosophical, theoretical and practical levels. The philosophical level concerns how knowledge is obtained; the theoretical one implies theoretical common grounds underlying the approach ; and the practical one is the level where methods and techniques are used operationally in the actual study. . research. Dr Liz FitzGerald. Institute of Educational Technology. Research and research methods. Research methods are split broadly into quantitative and qualitative . methods. Which you choose will depend on . Dr Andrew Booth (with Acknowledgements to Professor Angela Harden & Professor James Thomas). Overview. What . is Already . Known . around Integrating . Qualitative . and Quantitative Data. Overview . Empirical Qualitative Research. Approaches to . Empirical Qualitative Research. Natural . observation. Participant . observation. In . person interviews . (in-depth and focused). Group . interviews. Empirical Qualitative Research. Stanley Pogrow. stanpogrow@att.net. Professor of Educational Leadership and Equity at San Francisco State University, Professor Emeritus at the University of Arizona, and visiting endowed chairs at USC and Seattle University. . Nkoli. . Ezumah. (. ezumahnk@yahoo.com. ). University of Nigeria, . Nsukka. (UNN). UNN-AuthorAID Workshop on Qualitative Research Writing (supported by an AuthorAID workshop grant). 9 – 10 Dec .