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An 8 page paper that describes qualitative, quantitative and integrative research designs. Examples of qualitative and quantitative approaches are included. The writer then discusses why knowing the different research designs is important to clinical nurse specialists. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Quantitative methods, as the name suggests, result in hard data that include the use of statistical analyses to determine if the null hypothesis is to be accepted or rejected, which,
in turn, leads the investigator to determine if his or her hypothesis is accepted or rejected. Rigorous procedures are used in this type of research in order to control bias
and mitigating factors that could result in erroneous conclusions: "The quantitative design strives to control for bias so that facts can be understood in an objective way. The accumulation of
facts and causes of behavior are addressed by quantitative methodology. Quantitative research designs strive to identify and isolate specific variables within the context (seeking correlation, relationships, causality) of the study.
Quantitative data is collected under controlled conditions in order to rule out the possibility that variables other than the one under study can account for the relationships identified" (Journal of
Construction Education, 1996). The investigator is conducting an experiment in which variables are controlled and manipulated to make determinations (Taylor, 1992). Early research in some fields, such as psychology,
was accepted only when it was quantitative -- either using a true experimental approach or a quasi-experimental approach (Taylor, 1992). It tended to be exclusionary in terms of acceptable methods
and resulted in what Taylor called "the great fault of modern psychology ... that it is entirely too quantitative" (Taylor, 1992, p. 293). Qualitative methods are descriptive and use approaches
such as case studies to make determinations. Since so many of the core questions within the human sciences are qualitative in nature, methods that are used include naturalistic inquiry and
interpretive research (Taylor, 1992). Qualitative methods depend on observations and interviews or other descriptive techniques (Taylor, 1992). This type of research design is described as: "The qualitative approach is striving
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