Quantitative Research for the Qualitative Researcher

Author: Laura M. O′Dwyer
Publisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1483320669
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 329

Book Description
Quantitative Research for the Qualitative Researcher is a concise, supplemental text that provides qualitatively oriented students and researchers with the requisite skills for conducting quantitative research. Throughout the book, authors Laura M. O’Dwyer and James A. Bernauer provide ample support and guidance to prepare readers both cognitively and attitudinally to conduct high quality research in the quantitative tradition. Highlighting the complementary nature of quantitative and qualitative research, they effectively explain the fundamental structure and purposes of design, measurement, and statistics within the framework of a research report, (including a dissertation). The text encourages the reader to see quantitative methodology for what it is, a process for systematically discovering new knowledge that can help describe, explain, and predict the world around us.

Qualitative Research for Quantitative Researchers

Author: Helen Kara
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1529784212
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 249

Book Description
This book equips any quantitative researcher, at any level, who finds they need to use qualitative methods, with the necessary theoretical and practical skills they need to leverage their quantitative background into successful qualitative research.

30 Essential Skills for the Qualitative Researcher

Author: John W. Creswell
Publisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1544355734
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 337

Book Description
The second edition of 30 Essential Skills for the Qualitative Researcher provides practical information for the novice qualitative researcher, addressing the "how" of conducting qualitative research. The 30 listed skills are competencies that can help qualitative researchers conduct more thorough, more rigorous, and more efficient qualitative studies.

Research Design

Author: John W. Creswell
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1452226105
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 305

Book Description
The bestseller that pioneered the comparison of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research design continues in its Fourth Edition to help students and researchers prepare their plan or proposal for a scholarly journal article, dissertation or thesis.

An Applied Guide to Research Designs

Author: W. Alex Edmonds
Publisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1483317285
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 311

Book Description
The Second Edition of An Applied Guide to Research Designs offers researchers in the social and behavioral sciences guidance for selecting the most appropriate research design to apply in their study. Using consistent terminology, the authors visually present a range of research designs used in quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods to help readers conceptualize, construct, test, and problem solve in their investigation. The Second Edition features revamped and expanded coverage of research designs, new real-world examples and references, a new chapter on action research, and updated ancillaries.

Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Research

Author: George R. Taylor
Publisher: University Press of America
ISBN: 9780761832409
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 384

Book Description
Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Research provides a practical and relatively simple introduction to statistical research, both quantitative and qualitative. Drawing from his experience conducting statistics seminars, the author presents a streamlined overview of both quantitative and qualitative research methods and provides clear explanations and examples for their practical use. Each chapter includes work sessions and sample problems, which are tailored to the method being discussed. This book is an indispensable resource for graduate students.

Research Design

Author: John W. Creswell
Publisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1506386695
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 284

Book Description
This best-selling text pioneered the comparison of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research design. For all three approaches, John W. Creswell and new co-author J. David Creswell include a preliminary consideration of philosophical assumptions, key elements of the research process, a review of the literature, an assessment of the use of theory in research applications, and reflections about the importance of writing and ethics in scholarly inquiry. The Fifth Edition includes more coverage of: epistemological and ontological positioning in relation to the research question and chosen methodology; case study, PAR, visual and online methods in qualitative research; qualitative and quantitative data analysis software; and in quantitative methods more on power analysis to determine sample size, and more coverage of experimental and survey designs; and updated with the latest thinking and research in mixed methods.

The Qualitative Researcher's Companion

Author: Michael Huberman
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780761911913
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 426

Book Description
This text provides a solid intellectual grounding in the area of qualitative research. It examines theoretical underpinnings, methodological perspectives and empirical approaches.

Comparison of Qualitative and Quantitative Research

Author: Andreas Ernst
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
ISBN: 3638188981
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 10

Book Description
Seminar paper from the year 2002 in the subject Business economics - Miscellaneous, grade: 2 (B), University of St. Gallen (Research Methods), language: English, abstract: As well in theory as both in the practicable reality the question arises repeatedly about the more convenient research method – the so-called method conflict between quantitative and qualitative research (Iberer 1). To go into this discussion and finally draw a conclusion I first define and compare both research methods and as a next step question its purposes. To get a better understanding for both research methods I limit my considerations to a clear distinction and do not go into the question of combining the two. “Quantitative research methods were originally developed in natural sciences to study natural phenomena” (Myers, Overview of qualitative research). It’s aim is to capture relevant facts [...] and explain them causally with empirical – analytical methods (Iberer 1). “Qualitative research methods [on the other hand] were developed in the social sciences to enable researchers to study social and cultural phenomena” (Myers, Overview of qualitative research). This method tries to clarify the basic issue of how subjects interpret and see the world, why and how they act and in which form changes take place (Iberer 1). After this rough overview I cope with the issue in more detail by opposing one research method to the other.

Context and Method in Qualitative Research

Author: Gale Miller
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9781446225059
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
A critical examination of the principles and practice of qualitative research is provided in this book which examines the interplay between context and method, making it invaluable for both the experienced and the beginning researcher. A range of methodological and practical issues central to the concerns of qualitative researchers are addressed. These include: the validity and plausibility of qualitative methods; the problems encountered using specific techniques in a range of social settings; and the moral issues raised in qualitative research. These themes are related to practical issues which are illustrated by a breadth of examples and in-depth case studies. The contributors look at the methods and strategies that they have used to study everyday life, and make suggestions to readers on why and how they might conduct their own studies. They raise issues that go beyond `cookbook' discussions of issues such as how to enter social settings, manage the subjects of one's research and ask `good' questions in the process of formulating research strategies. These issues are addressed within the framework of the larger purposes and uses of qualitative research where specific methodological problems are not used as ends in themselves.