Design/Methodology/Approach: This is a qualitative exploratory study, also involving descriptive statistics, that utilizes bibliographic and citation analysis as a method. Findings: The study discovers a discon
Quantitative researchis the process of collecting and analyzing numerical data. It can be used to find patterns and averages, make predictions, test causal relationships, andgeneralizeresults to wider populations. Quantitative research is the opposite ofqualitative research, which involves collecting and ...
What’s the difference between quantitative and qualitative methods? What’s the difference between reliability and validity? What is sampling? Cite this Scribbr article If you want to cite this source, you can copy and paste the citation or click the “Cite this Scribbr article” button to...
Other papers use the scientific method, beginning with a question or hypothesis, and then through quantitative or qualitative research, they prove or disprove the hypothesis, writing a paper on their experiment and its results. The length of the research paper often says something about the ...
This paper seeks to contribute to the ongoing debate about methods of institutional analysis. How to empirically analyse institutions and institutional change? Is there a superior method when it comes to institutional questions? We discuss these issues f
In light of the comments, we identify three positions in relation to our contribution: (1) to not define qualitative research; (2) to work with one definition for each study or approach of "qualitative research" which is predominantly left implicit; (3) to systematically define qualitative ...
Using the example of health care rationing, we examine the importance of each characteristic using qualitative and quantitative methods. We further consider the importance of each of these characteristics relative to one another and examine whether they are important for consequential or non-consequential...
Citation Excerpt : The study draws on the qualitative research tradition to explore the connections between tax planning and corporate social responsibility disclosures. Following Bédard and Gendron (2004: 202), it is argued that “qualitative research often is the most effective method to conduct emp...
“other qualitative methods” was the least popular method of tracking impact.Analysis of the 2014 case studies submitted to the UK’s REF showed there were more than 3,700 pathways to impact.The researchers who undertook the analysis suggest how important ...
Instead, a qualitative analysis was employed to collate articles into common themes. Examining the data extraction sheets for the 91 studies, the author team collaboratively identified these themes based on the article’s dominant focus, e.g. whether it examined a specific trade agreement, or an ...