A researcher is completing work on a qualitative research study and a classmate is completing work on a quantitative research study. Both students are writing their reports. What will be a basic difference in these two documents?
1. The qualitative study will report using inferential statistics, but the quantitative study will not.
2. The qualitative study will report using descriptive statistics, but the quantitative study will not.
3. The qualitative study will report using descriptive statistics and the quantitative study may use either descriptive or inferential statistics or both.
4. There should be no difference in the statistical tests.
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Rationale 1: In qualitative studies, hypotheses are rarely tested, so inferential statistics will not be used.
Rationale 2: Qualitative studies use descriptive statistics, but descriptive statistics could also be used for a quantitative study.
Rationale 3: Quantitative studies focus primarily on inferential statistics, but may also include descriptive statistics. Qualitative studies use descriptive statistics.
Rationale 4: The two types of studies use different statistical methods.
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