How do qualitative and quantitative methods differ?

What will be an ideal response?


ANSWER:
Qualitative methods involve participant observation, interviews, and use of oral histories and archives. Quantitative methods use different types of statistical calculations.

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Which of the following is NOT an observation associated with natural selection?

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Jericho, the earliest known town, is located in central Turkey.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Maya hieroglyphics on stelae recorded which of the following subjects?

a. commerce b. royal ancestry and noble deeds c. taxation records d. accounts of the Spanish Conquest e. technological manuals for metallurgy

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