Qualitative and quantitative methods

For this discussion, you will create a table like the one below, comparing and contrasting at least 5 elements of quantitative and qualitative research. Additionally, please provide one example of when you would use a qualitative approach vs. a quantitative approach to study a health/health care-related topic.  Example: Qualitative approach would be used to study the experience of living with a tracheostomy. Quantitative approach would be used to study the effectiveness of various tracheostomy cleaning solutions. You CANNOT use the examples used below: 

Qualitative Methods

Quantitative Methods

Includes interviews, open-ended questions, and focus groups

Includes primarily surveys, observations, and reviews of records

Uses research questions to guide the research

Uses hypotheses to guide the research

Your initial post must be posted before you can view and respond to colleagues, must contain minimum of two (2) references, in addition to examples from your personal experiences to augment the topic. The goal is to make your post interesting and engaging so others will want to read/respond to it. Synthesize and summarize from your resources in order to avoid the use of direct quotes, which can often be dry and boring. No direct quotes are allowed in the discussion board posts.

Objectives

· Identify the differences between qualitative and quantitative research
· Identify types of research questions to be studied with qualitative versus quantitative method

Points: 30

References:

· Initial Post: Minimum of two (2) total references: one (1) from required course materials and one (1) from peer-reviewed references.

Words Limits

· Initial Post: Minimum 200 words excluding references (approximately one (1) page)

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