Abstract / Excerpt:

Designing a research proposal inevitably brings a researcher to confront the pros and cons between quantitative and qualitative methods of analysis. Yet, the polarity between the two is not necessarily equated with their mutual exclusivity. Many current thinking on the subject point to the use of both methods in the same research design or project as ideal, rather than postulate an either or approach in favor of one against the other. In survey studies the qualitative underpinnings of quantitative data are evident in the process by which interview questions are framed.

The case for qualitative method is more strongly argued by the nature of the data generated by open-ended questions in a survey instrument or by certain types of research interviewing such as in unstructured or semi-structured interviews. Such data as perceptions, attitudes, expectations, and other "symbolic" materials are held to yield their more precise meanings only after a pre-statistical or qualitative handling and processing. When open-ended answers are categorized for quantification purposes analysts refer to the process as content analysis.

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Holding Library	ADDU
Source Institution	Mindanao News
Authors	Heidi K. Gloria
Page Count	40
Place of Publication	Davao City
Original Publication Date	May 10, 1988
Tags	Ateneo de Davao University, Muslim Autonomy, Qualitative Report, School

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