{"id":20213,"date":"2023-05-18T15:51:49","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T15:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/qualititive-and-quantitative-reasearch-approaches-by-identifying-and-recognizing-their-similarities-and-differences\/"},"modified":"2023-05-18T15:51:49","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T15:51:49","slug":"qualititive-and-quantitative-reasearch-approaches-by-identifying-and-recognizing-their-similarities-and-differences","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/qualititive-and-quantitative-reasearch-approaches-by-identifying-and-recognizing-their-similarities-and-differences\/","title":{"rendered":"qualititive and quantitative reasearch approaches by identifying and recognizing their similarities and differences"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"margin: 6px 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto; color: rgb(39, 49, 66);\">Make sure you answer the following questions:<\/h4>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\">Identify<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\">at least<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/span>two criteria for comparing quantitative and qualitative approaches? Ensure at least one shows how they are similar and one shows how they differ. Explain clearly why the similarities and differences matter for a) how research is conducted and b) what conclusions can come from the research.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\">In addition to those two criteria, identify &#8220;what types of research questions are better studied using quantitative approaches and what types are better studied with qualitative approaches?<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\">Good research convinces us that something is true. Discuss why researchers often build their arguments using BOTH quantitative correlational evidence (showing an IV and DV co-vary across cases) and qualitative process-tracing evidence (showing the logical sequence of events by which changes in an IV cause changes in a DV).<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\">NOTE: Do NOT discuss experimental or interpretive\/ethnographic approaches.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><font size=\"3\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div>\n<h4 style=\"margin: 6px 0px; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.5; cursor: auto; color: rgb(39, 49, 66);\">Cite<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto;\">at least 2<\/em><\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>of these readings, including at least 1 on quantitative and 1 on qualitative. To make things easier, you can use the links here or go back to the modules for week 5, 6, and 7).<\/h4>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\">QUANTITATIVE<\/strong><\/span><\/em><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>READINGS<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\" data-api-returntype=\"File\" data-api-endpoint=\"https:\/\/canvas.uoregon.edu\/api\/v1\/courses\/221652\/files\/15613416\">Gonick, L. and W. Smith. 1993. The Cartoon Guide to Statistics.<\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>7-26. New York: HarperMacmillan<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\" data-api-returntype=\"File\" data-api-endpoint=\"https:\/\/canvas.uoregon.edu\/api\/v1\/courses\/221652\/files\/15613458\">Best, J. 2001. Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians and Activists<\/a>: 9-29 and 30-61. Berkeley: UC Press.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\" data-api-returntype=\"File\" data-api-endpoint=\"https:\/\/canvas.uoregon.edu\/api\/v1\/courses\/221652\/files\/15613377\">Ragin, C. C. and L. M. Amoroso. 2011. Using Quantitative Methods to Study Covariation.<\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>Constructing Social Research (2nd ed.), edited by C. C. Ragin and L. M. Amoroso: 163-188. Los Angeles: Sage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\">QUALITATIVE<\/strong><\/span><\/em><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>READINGS<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/li>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\" data-api-returntype=\"File\" data-api-endpoint=\"https:\/\/canvas.uoregon.edu\/api\/v1\/courses\/221652\/files\/15613396\">Yin, R. K. 2014. Getting Started: How to Know Whether and When to Use the Case Study as a Research Method.<\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>Case study research: Design and methods (5th ed), edited by R. K. Yin: 3-15. Los Angeles: Sage.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\" data-api-returntype=\"File\" data-api-endpoint=\"https:\/\/canvas.uoregon.edu\/api\/v1\/courses\/221652\/files\/15613382\">Mill, J. S. 1970 (1888). Two Methods of Comparison. Comparative Perspectives:<\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>Theory and Methods, edited by A. Etzioni and F. Dubow: 205-213. Boston: Little, Brown.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\" data-api-returntype=\"File\" data-api-endpoint=\"https:\/\/canvas.uoregon.edu\/api\/v1\/courses\/221652\/files\/15613379\">Mitchell, R. B. and T. Bernauer. 1998. Empirical research on international environmental policy: designing qualitative case studies.<\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>Journal of Environment and Development 7(1): 4-31.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\" data-api-returntype=\"File\" data-api-endpoint=\"https:\/\/canvas.uoregon.edu\/api\/v1\/courses\/221652\/files\/15613394\">Fearon, J. D. 1991. Counterfactuals and hypothesis testing in political science.<\/a><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>World Politics 43(2): 169-195.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<div><font size=\"3\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><font size=\"3\"><br \/><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=\"3\">RUBRIC:<\/font><\/div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"padding: 5px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 16px; cursor: auto;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<table style=\"font-size: 16px; cursor: auto;\">\n<caption style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<div style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">Response Paper #2 &#8211; Compare quant &amp; qual research approaches<\/span><\/div>\n<\/caption>\n<thead style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<tr style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<th style=\"padding: 7px 10px; cursor: auto;\">Criteria<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 7px 10px; cursor: auto;\">Ratings<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 7px 10px; cursor: auto;\">Pts<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<tr style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 7px 10px; cursor: auto;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 0.85rem; cursor: auto;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto;\">This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome<\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">Identifies a) at least 2 good criteria to compare quantitative and qualitative approaches, b) ensures 2 approaches are similar on one criterion but differ on another criterion, c) explains clearly why the similarity or difference matters for how research is conducted and how it affects the conclusions of the research.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0.25rem 0px; cursor: auto;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0px 5px; font-size: 0.8em; cursor: auto;\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 7px 10px; cursor: auto;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">300<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>pts<br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 7px 10px; cursor: auto;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 0.85rem; cursor: auto;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto;\">This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome<\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">Identifies which types of questions are better studied with qualitative and which are better studied with quantitative approaches AND explains why!<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0.25rem 0px; cursor: auto;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0px 5px; font-size: 0.8em; cursor: auto;\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 7px 10px; cursor: auto;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">200<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>pts<br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 7px 10px; cursor: auto;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 0.85rem; cursor: auto;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto;\">This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome<\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">Discusses how correlation and process-tracing provide different bases for convincing a reader<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0.25rem 0px; cursor: auto;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0px 5px; font-size: 0.8em; cursor: auto;\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 7px 10px; cursor: auto;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">300<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>pts<br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 7px 10px; cursor: auto;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 0.85rem; cursor: auto;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto;\">This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome<\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">Uses at least 2 citations and uses them thoughtfully.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0.25rem 0px; cursor: auto;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0px 5px; font-size: 0.8em; cursor: auto;\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 7px 10px; cursor: auto;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">100<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>pts<br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 7px 10px; cursor: auto;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 0.85rem; cursor: auto;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto;\">This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome<\/span><\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">Style<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 0.25rem 0px; cursor: auto;\">Well written, with professional formatting, **citations**, and an alphabetized references list. Also uses headings to clarify structure of paper.<\/div>\n<div style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0px 5px; font-size: 0.8em; cursor: auto;\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 7px 10px; cursor: auto;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">100<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>pts<br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"cursor: auto;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 7px 10px; cursor: auto;\">\n<div style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">Total Points:<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">1,000<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make sure you answer the following questions: Identify&nbsp;at least&nbsp;two criteria for comparing quantitative and qualitative approaches? 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