INSTRUCTIONS
Part 1: What If? Part 2: Qualitative vs. Quantitative Research.
Complete the following under the heading "Part 1: What If?": Explain how course project research could be conducted if quantitative data were collected instead of qualitative data. This is a hypothetical explanation. You will not conduct quantitative research for your course project, but it is useful to consider how quantitative data could contribute to your project. Explain the differences between conducting quantitative surveys and carrying out a qualitative method, such as one-on-one interviews or focus groups. Describe specific differences between these two types of methods (surveys vs interviews or focus groups) as they apply to your topic.What might your data collection have looked like if you had chosen to conduct descriptive survey research (i.e., quantitative surveys)? What would your sample need to look like in terms of number of participants and who the participants were? Why would a quantitative design be appropriate in relation to the purpose of your study? What would your anticipated outcomes be? In other words, what do you think the surveys might reveal, and why would they be useful instead of a qualitative study with interviews or focus groups? Compare applications of quantitative and qualitative methods with a specific hypothetical issue in an educational setting other than that of the course project that Complete the following under the heading “Part 2: Qualitative vs. Quantitative Research”: Begin by completing the following according to your Creswell and Creswell (2023) text:Compare quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research approaches and their differences. See Creswell and Creswell, pages 13 and 17-22. Reflect on the role of the literature review as it relates to the different research methodologies. Discuss a project that brings together a worldview, designs, and methods. Address a topic that you would like to study. Apply the worldviews, designs, and research methods in Figure 1.1 (Creswell and Creswell, page 6). Identify whether this would be quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods research. Use the typical scenarios that we have explored in this course as a guide. Develop a quantitative proposal based on the topic addressed in the Frame Your Issue and Collect Your Data assessment. Read Creswell and Creswell, pages 157-172, to understand how to propose a survey design. Draw a visual model of the variables in the theory using the procedures for causal model design discussed in Creswell and Creswell (pages 51-74). Provide a diagram for your quantitative proposal based on what you learned about diagrams from reading Creswell and Creswell. Paraphrase or summarize to represent ideas from external sources. Refer to Creswell and Creswell, and other relevant sources in your discussion. Clearly apply ideas from external sources to your own interpretation of a topic or scenario.