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Characteristics of Quantitative Research ✔✔numerical data (quantity); hypothesis & research procedure are stated BEFORE data collection; large sample size; rely on statistical procedure; low int... eraction with subjects; rely on controlling, measuring, and generalizing; objective by nature Quantitative Methods/Designs ✔✔survey research; correlational research; causal comparative; experimental; single subject experimental Sampling techniques for quantitative research ✔✔simple random; stratified; cluster; systematic; Simple random ✔✔(quant) selection using table of random numbers Stratified ✔✔(quant) selection based on dividing up into subgroups which have roughly equal representation Cluster ✔✔(quant) intact groups are selected as by classroom, efficient but less representative Systematic ✔✔(quant) take a population and select every Kth invidual i.e. sample population = 100 and you select every 5th person on list. Qualitative Research ✔✔*emphasis on words and feelings; *research problems/methods evolve as understanding of topic increases; *smaller sample sizes; *relies on categorizing & organizing data into themes or patterns to describe & synthesize the data; *high level interaction with subjects; *many possib [Show More]

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