Understanding research methods
Show your understanding of the nature of the three major research methods by describing and comparing the foundations of quantitative and qualitative research for each of the following elements.
- Nature of research: scientific and philosophical underpinnings
- Approach to inquiry: induction versus deduction
- Belief about truth: positivism and empiricism
- Type of data: numeric versus narrative data
- Use of data: testing hypotheses and theories versus generating hypotheses and building theory
- What are two rationales for using a mixed methods approach?