Qualitative and Quantitative always confuse me so I pulled definitions as a reminder and a guide.
Qualitative research involves collecting and analyzing non-numerical data (e.g., text, video, or audio) to understand concepts, opinions, or experiences. It can be used to gather in-depth insights into a problem or generate new ideas for research.
Quantitative research is the process of collecting and analyzing numerical data. It can be used to find patterns and averages, make predictions, test causal relationships, and generalize results to wider populations.
The first quote that stuck out to me is this one "Grady and Wallston (1988) argue that applied research in general requires a flexible, nonsequential approach and “an entirely different model of the research process than the traditional one offered in most text-books” (p. 10)." Up until taking this class I had always thought of research to be linear thing. You read through pages and pages of text and write a paper, that is what what idea of research was. I was so anxious to take this class and even participate in a masters program because I knew it relied heavily on research. I feel that research should be flexible like the quote said. It allows for growth and new opportunities.
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