Let's say you want to learn how a group will vote in an election. You face a classic decision of gathering qualitative vs. quantitative data. With one method, you can ask voters open-ended questions ...

As a researcher who has used a wide variety of methodologies, I understand the importance of acknowledging that we, as researchers, do not pick the methodology; rather, the research question dictates ...

To truly gauge training's effectiveness, a holistic approach is needed—one that marries the objectivity of numbers with the depth of personal insights. In the quest for effective training, evaluation ...

Methodology matters, and there’s not much to get folks in the research field as riled up as questions about whether some methods are better than others. That certainly was the case last fall, after ...

A litigation management audit can reveal several different categories of information, depending upon the type of inquiry undertaken. The audit inquiry most typically utilized by insurance carriers is ...

For many years now there is a battle of sorts brewing between two forms of analysis in stock picking. The fight is between quantitative versus qualitative forms of investing. Dive deeper and one would ...

Many nursing students come up with great research questions and ideas, and want to provide patients with the best care, but get bogged down in the debate still surrounding the value of quantitative ...

Qualitative analysis serves as the foundation for compound identification. It focuses primarily on determining the elemental composition and structure of analytes within a sample. Identifying the ...