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For the methodologies under consideration, what rationale is provided for the given research question?
What key questions are raised when comparing different methodologies?
Review the Research Methodology Characteristics handout attached
Complete Research Question Alignment Activity for your college:
o Research Question Alignment Social and Behavioral Sciences
After completing the assignments above and in consideration of your own research area (victim participation in criminal justice) post
1- to 2- questions you have, regarding research methodology characteristics and alignment
Research Methodology Characteristics
Qualitative studies
o Approach is inductive
o Used when an area is under-researched
o Used when depth of understanding (e.g., meaning or experience) or when theory generation is important
o Data analysis can be very complex (requires analysis of a large quantity of text data)-software packages manage data but are not
used to do data analysis
Quantitative studies
o Approach is deductive
o Used when an area has been studied and initial relationships among variables are posited
o Used to understand more complex relationships among variables
o Used when assessing cause and effect is important
o Large population-based studies
o May be easier when a large amount of data needs to be synthesized
Mixed methods studies
o Used to combine the best of both qualitative and quantitative approaches
o Very popular when doing formative research in an area that leads to development of instruments or interventions that can then be tested quantitatively
o Reporting demographic statistics for a qualitative study does not make it a mixed methods study