Blog post #5: Do some research about the differences between QUALITATIVE and QUANTITATIVE research. You can google to find websites, use Google Scholar to find academic articles, or even use ChatGPT or another AI to help you create a chart, visual, or other means to compare and contrast. What can you learn in an hour or two?
When thinking my approach for this blog, my first initial answer was google, and automatically AI popped up. I read it, and said great! However, as I began to write my blog I realized that was not enough. I quickly went back to my search and found myself with the following website: https://www.nu.edu/blog/qualitative-vs-quantitative-study/
Through this website I was able to create the chart below. The website gave me a nice breakdown of qualitative vs quantitative. I liked that it also provided pros and cons for each type of research. In thinking about my capstone project I automatically lean towards qualitative research, but as I read more about quantitative research I find meaning in both. I recognize the beauty of qualitative because it gives room and no definite answer. Each person's experience has meaning and value, but quantitative also has meaning in that numbers matter and speak. So, after all I am unsure, and might incorporate both types of research. Only time will tell.
Happy Thursday, Frangely! I just had to comment because not only do I love the little image you included but I love the following chart you came up with as well. I think both really capture each concept well, I came across a lot of the same information you did when I searched the web, and I couldn't agree more with a similarity of theirs being primary aims in knowledge acquisition.
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