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- Major Paradigms ✔✔Qualitative (Naturalistic) & Quantitative (Positivistic)
Mix Method ✔✔Combination of both Qualitative & Quantitative
Qualitative ✔✔What is observed, deep understanding of experiences by those who lived it (subjective)
- Styles of Qualitative ✔✔Ethnography, Biography, Phenomenology, Case Study, & Grounded
Theory
Ethnography ✔✔Study of social groups. Customs, culture, etc.
Biography ✔✔Study of individual
Phenomenology ✔✔Experiences centered around an event
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Case Study ✔✔Bounded system over time, very detailed. 2 Functions, sharing info & support learning. **Most commonly used in HC**
Grounded Theory ✔✔Abstract problems & their processes
Quantitative Research ✔✔Objective in perspective, computation of numerical value represents phenomena (scientific method)
- Style of Quantitative ✔✔Observational, Quasi Experimental, & Experimental
Observational ✔✔Quantifies but does not intervene. Used to identify trends & variables
Quasi-Experimental ✔✔Researchers can not randomly select subjects or assign them but are able to control some variables
Experimental ✔✔Can control variables. Dividing subjects randomly (control vs intervention), selecting from entire population. Then measures the differences between predictor & response variables
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