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Compare and contrast qualitative and quantitative research designs. Think about this in terms of methodology and outcome.
Quantitative research involves the use of numerical data to address a specific research subject. Regardless of whether the initial data obtained by the researcher are numerical or language-based, a quantitative analysis always targets the features of the data that can be counted or measured. Quantitative study allows enhanced comprehension of the following characteristics of reality: occurrence, correlations between two concepts, and relationships of cause and effect (Gray & Grove, 2017). Simply put, quantitative research is defined by its empirical aspect, meaning that it can be directly observed, measured, or quantified. In contrast, qualitative researchers acquire insights by not quantifying notions or studying statistical correlations (Gray & Grove, 2017). Instead, they enhance our understanding of a phenomenon from the perspective of the individuals in it.
If you were to actually conduct your own research study, would your selected evidence-based practice problem/topic lend itself to a qualitative or quantitative design? (Describe specifics around the topic to support your findings.)
In the evidence-based topic I chose, qualitative research would be the optimal design for me to use as a framework of my research study. The goal of my research is to analyze if supplementing behavioral therapy with aerobic exercise will have a positive, negative, or no impact on the individual’s treatment. This is not something I would want to quantify to relay the information to the targeted audience. While it is possible to quantify it, the quality of the given research would not be encompassing the “why” like qualitative research would. This is a topic that could give much further insight for additional research and since qualitative research focuses on subjective phenomena, I personally think I would be doing a disservice to the research by choosing otherwise.
