Discussion on Quantitative and Qualitative Research Review

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Research methodology
Researchers have a choice while conducting research to use the qualitative or quantitative. Choosing the right methods will mean a world of difference in the ability to achieve the desired results and the way that the results are interpreted. The method of choice rests on the question that the researcher wants to answer. Ideally the kind of research and research question that the researcher wishes to delve in determines the method choice (Marks, 2007). The qualitative method is basically exploratory, which mainly aims at gaining understanding of the underlying reasons, motivations and opinion. Quantitative research on the other hand generates numerical data as a means of quantifying a research problem. In the following evaluation, two researches that use either of the two methods but on a common topic are evaluated to show the differences in methodology.
Qualitative research
Cultural Competence Revisited: Nursing Students with Disabilities, is a qualitative research that was carried out by Marks, Beth published on the journal of nursing education, in February of 2007. One of the main identification elements that puts the research in the qualitative category of researches is the fact that the method of data collection involves secondary sources. This means that the research mainly borrows from past researches government agencies publications, editorials and books. Under the cultural minority section of the research, the author refers to the national survey conducted by Louis Harris & Associates, Inc., in 1998 (Marks, 2007). As such, the primary argument in the paper is built on existing information rather than conclusions that discussions that are derived from raw data. It is also important to note that the research is largely text driven, such that much of the paper is in prose which is largely descriptive (Marks, 2007). The paper majorly builds the theory of including the disabled students in the nursing profession, through inductive processes. Other than the statistics that are quoted from the secondary sources, the research does not have raw data to analyze in light of the thesis of the paper. However, the few cases that are analyzed have in-depth information on the topic and how it fits in with the argument from a subjective point of view (Marks, 2007).
Quantitative research
Implications of Nursing Faculties' Cultural Competence, is a quantitative research that was carried by Ume-Nwagbo and Pearl Ngozika, which was published on the Journal of Nursing Education in May of 2012 (Marks, 2007). The first element that indicates the research is in a quantitative category of researches is the fact that, it uses structured surveys to generate numerical data. The researchers used questionnaires to collect raw data on the implications of nursing faculty's cultural comp...