Which from the following are parts of the purpose of quantitative research? A. Understanding of cultural traditions B. Discovery of relationships among variables C. Interpretation of human relationships D. Confirmation of hypotheses E. Generalization of results to other situations
B, D and E
B, D and E are typical quantitative aims: examining statistical relationships, testing hypotheses, and generalizing where the sampling and design justify it. “Confirmation” means evaluating supporting evidence, not proving a hypothesis true. A and C emphasize contextual meaning and are more characteristic of interpretive qualitative inquiry.
Important Questions from Research Designs - Teaching
Which of the following best illustrates an example of a mixed-methods research study?
An ethnographer studies participants’ experiences and feelings by collecting pre-existing diaries, letters, photographs and other objects, without interviewing their creators during collection. Which data-collection strategy is this?
What is the distinctive feature of case study research?
Which of the following research designs is the most appropriate for depicting lived experiential realities?
Which research design centres on interpreting individuals’ life stories and how they organise experiences over time, using autobiographies and personal conversations as data?
