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Research is a common encounter in contemporary research used to study available

materials to establish new facts and conclusions. Research falls into two categories including

qualitative and quantitative. Qualitative research refers to the process of using concepts,

experiences, and phenomena to emphasize on the views of the participants (Majid & Vanstone.

2018). The purpose of qualitative research is to gain an understanding of the subject using

explanatory models and theories. In most cases, qualitative research is used to answer questions

about experiences. The analysis methods for qualitative research include narrative analysis,

discourse analysis, thematic analysis, interpretive phenomenal analysis and the ground theory.

The analysis methods for qualitative research aim at categorizing behavioral and verbal

information used to tabulate the final documented summary (Korstjens & Moser, 2018). An

example of research question in qualitative research is it like to grow in a family below the

poverty line? Another example is how to obese people describe their selves?

On the other hand, quantitative research is a process of collecting and analyzing

numerical data with the aim of developing patters and predictions for testing causal relationships

about a broader population. Therefore quantifiable data must be gathered for an objective

mathematical measurement of the research. The purpose of quantitative research is to obtain a

deeper knowledge of the situations that affect people (Ahmad et al., 2019). The results about the

wider population can be communicated through numbers and statistics. The data analysis

methods for quantitative research include cross-tabulation numerical analysis and computational

analysis. An example of a research question in quantitative research is what is the percentage of

business that fail due to the set regulatory procedures in the US? Another example is what is the

proportion of people that develop mental problems from the information they consumer on social

media?
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References

Ahmad, S., Wasim, S., Irfan, S., Gogoi, S., Srivastava, A., & Farheen, Z. (2019). Qualitative vs.

Quantitative Research. population, 1, 2.

Korstjens, I., & Moser, A. (2018). Series: Practical guidance to qualitative research. Part 4:

Trustworthiness and publishing. European Journal of General Practice, 24(1), 120-124.

Majid, U., & Vanstone, M. (2018). Appraising qualitative research for evidence syntheses: a

compendium of quality appraisal tools. Qualitative health research, 28(13), 2115-2131.