Research Study Comparison: Quantitative vs. Qualitative

NURS 4000, Section 14, Research & Scholarship for Evidence-Based Practice

Research Study Comparison:  Quantitative vs. Qualitative

Humans are born with a natural curiosity about life, wanting to know the who, what, why, when, and where.  All of these questions lead us as adults to seek out answers by way of research. “We just love to know the answers to things, even if there’s no obvious benefit” (Stafford, 2012).    “Research is purposeful investigation, aimed at finding out things we did not know” (Lambert, 2012, p. 12).  Research studies can be quantitative or qualitative in nature.  Quantitative research is “research that uses numbers to obtain precise measurements” (Schmidt & Brown, 2015, p. 15).  Qualitative research is “research that uses words to describe human behavior” (Schmidt & Brown, 2012, p. 15).  For the purpose of this assignment, I will compare the findings of a quantitative research study to that of a qualitative research study.

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Overview of Quantitative Article

Overview of Qualitative Article 

Summary of the Main Points of the Paper