Describe the features of qualitative research that most distinguish it from quantitative research.
What will be an ideal response?
With these points in mind, let us review the ways in which qualitative data analysis differs from quantitative analysis (Denzin & Lincoln, 2000; Patton 2002). Qualitative analysis features the following:
• A focus on meanings rather than on quantifiable phenomena
• Collection of many data on a few cases rather than few data on many cases
• In-depth study and attention to detail, without predetermined categories or directions, rather than emphasis on analyses and categories determined in advance
• A conception of the researcher as an instrument rather than as the designer of objective instruments to measure particular variables
• Sensitivity to context rather than a seeking of universal generalizations
• Attention to the impact of the researcher’s and others’ values on the course of the analysis rather than presuming the possibility of value-free inquiry
• A goal of rich descriptions of the world rather than measurement of specific variables
You will also want to keep in mind features of qualitative data analysis that are shared with those of quantitative data analysis. Both qualitative and quantitative data analysis can involve making distinctions about textual data. You also know that textual data can be transposed to quantitative data through a process of categorization and counting. Some qualitative analysts also share with quantitative researchers a positivist goal of describing the world as it really is, but others have adopted a postmodern goal of trying to understand how different people see and make sense of the world without believing that there is any correct description.
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Was Hacker's actions the behavior of a private person or state action?
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a. True b. False
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A. Hirschi B. Manson C. Lomroso D. Pollak