Comparison of Quantitative and

Qualitative Research
Reported by: Helen P. Aveno
Seminar on Thesis Writing –MaEd
 PURPOSE
QUALITATIVE QUANTITATIVE
Explore the meaning of people To examine the relationship between variables
Experiences.. Variable= characteristics
Cultures….
A particular issue or case independent dependent extraneous

Characteristics that’s characteristic extra

characteristics
manipulated by the impacted by (age, sex,
race)
researcher ind. Variable
 RQ’s /HYPOTHESES
QUALITATIVE QUANTITATIVE
Qualitative Research is exploratory…. RQs “What” “How” … “Does”
RQs “What” “How” Descriptive research
Example: What are college students Example: What is the relation between…
experience….
What is the difference?......
No hypotheses,,, exploratory….. Use Hypotheses
Not predictive
 DATA
QUALITATIVE QUANTITATIVE
Emergent Design==== Data as numbers
Data in the form of words
Interview, documents observation, audio visuals
Methods Change during the study ==== From instruments
The natural settings were participants
Researcher is the instruments
 ANALYSIS
QUALITATIVE QUANTITATIVE
Creating themes Use Statistics
Researchers look through all the data and Statistics to crunch the numbers
organize it into themes
Take a lot of time
Inductive Deductive
Data formed without use of theory or Data formed with use of theory or established
established views on stuff used on stuff
 FINAL REPORT
QUALITATIVE QUANTITATIVE
Narrative More rigid
Interpretive Statistics Report
A lot of writing
Contains a lot of quotes from participants