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Social Work
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12/08/2015

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What is the difference between Qualitative and Quantitative research?
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qualitative research is primarily exploritory research. Its emphaiss is on seeing the world from the eyes of the participants. Qualitative research strives to make sense of phenomena in terms of menaings people bring to them. IT has a holistic emphasis, meaning that it studies the person, group or  culture in the natural setting. and the theory is developed during resarche. In quantitative research, the theory is developed before the study. There are meansuremrnts of variables . Quantitative research is very outcome oriented and control is very important. Ther is a generalization and control of error.
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null hypothesis
Definition
Children who are fed fatty fish for 6 months do not show a higher IQ increase than children who do not
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alternative hypothesis
Definition
Children who eat oily fish for 6 moths will show a higher IQ increase than children who have not
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three types of Qualitative design design
Definition
phennomenology Ethenography, grounded theory
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phenomenology
Definition
reveal the meaning of the lived experience from the persective of participants. describe the essence of the lived experience. The essences: Elements related to the true menaing of something that gives common understanding to the phenonmenon. Conveyed with descriptive language, drawn from philosophy and used across discipline.
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Ethenography
Definition
study human behavior in the cultural context in which it is embedded. describes a culture or the way of life of a cultural group, associated with cultural anthropology
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Grounded Theory
Definition
Develop a theory to explain underlying social processes of a cultural group. useful in areas where little is known or when a new prespective is needed. used for exploratoy descriptive studies.
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Mesausres to evaluate the quality of qualitative research
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credibility

denpendibility

transferablilty

confirmablity

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justifications/ arguments for mixed method design
Definition

insufficient argument

multiple alngles argument

its intuitive argument

more evidence the better arguemnt

community of practice argument

eager to learn argument 

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2 major times of mixed methods research design
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cuncurrent and sequential
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3 ways to a mixed method question
Definition

methodologically

content focused

hybrid of quantitative and qualitative elements

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