QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

Qualitative Research



Qualitative Research

Introduction

In qualitative research, a hypothesis is not needed to begin research. However, all quantitative research requires a hypothesis before research can begin. In this context, the most popular research approaches used to make informed scientific decisions include qualitative and quantitative methods. Differences between quantitative and qualitative research lie in their approach to identification of the research problems and reviews of the literature. The two approaches have different strategies in specifying the purpose, data collection, data analysis, reporting, and evaluating research. In identifying a research problem, past researchers claimed that it is descriptive and explanatory for quantitative ...