The Strengths and Weaknesses of Research Methodology: Comparison and Complimentary between Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches
By L. Choy. 2014
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The purpose of this study is compared strengths and weaknesses of qualitative and quantitative research methodologies in social science fields. Reviewed recent secondary resources, there is no best approach between both research methodologies due to existing strengths and weaknesses among both types of research methodologies. To plan and implement a research, choosing either one research methodology will still be occurred strengths and weaknesses for the research. This common study only based on existing secondary data and sources to interpret results. No primary data approach on this study due to sufficient source and data from secondary resources. The defined cases have proven that complementary approach between qualitative and quantitative approaches for a same research topic may provide expected results as both references better than just thoroughly considering either one research methodology approach.
Subfields: Education, Management Science and Operations Research, Sociology and Political Science
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- Quantitative Research: A Successful Investigation in Natural and Social Sciences (2020, background): “Some disadvantages of quantitative research are as follows [Atieno, 2009; Creswell, 2011; Choy 2014]: • Results need to be calculated using Excel, Access, or SPSS, which may not always be accessible to a country program.”