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Qualitative vs. Quantitative Research

Use the table below to answer the following:

Define and distinguish between qualitative and quantitative research.

Provide examples of qualitative and quantitative research.

Imagine that you are a researcher interested in identifying the components of 'giftedness' in pre-teen children. What quantitative methods might you use to help you better understand the experience of giftedness? What qualitative methods might you use?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of each approach?

Definition

Examples

Examples of methods to study 'giftedness'

Advantages

Disadvantages

Quantitative

Research

The systematic investigation of observable phenomena through statistical, mathematical or computational techniques. The...