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According to Creswell (2009), quantitative research is a "means
for testing objective theories by examining the relationship
among variables that can be measured and analyzed using
statistical procedures." Qualitative research, Creswell posits, is
a "means for exploring and understanding the meaning
individuals or groups ascribe to social or human problems."
Consider the phenomenon of pain. Ethics committees and
institutional review boards do not allow researchers to inflict
equal doses of pain on subjects to examine their physiological
response. In quantitative research, pain can be measured
physiologically by blood pressure, changes in blood chemistry,
muscle contractions, and pain scales (which are still subjective,
but at least quantifiable). Researchers using a qualitative
perspective may ask participants about their experience of being
in physical pain, whether being in pain has changed them in any
way, or what they have learned from experiencing physical
pain.
For this Assignment, consider differences in how you might
frame a research question in order to explore it using
quantitative or qualitative research methods.
Submit
a 2-page paper that highlights one of the research questions you
shared in your Discussion post. Design a quantitative research
question related to this problem and a qualitative research
question related to the same problem. Please use the resources
to support your answer.