nature of research and inquiry

inquiry- refers to the process of knowing particular information

research - careful examination of a particular fact. root word “search” looking into something prefix “re” means again

wendy newman, 2017 - stories give life to data, and data gives authority to stories.

PURPOSE

qualitative research - describes and explains explores and interprets build theory

quantitative research - explains and predicts tests, confirms, and validates theory

PROCESS

qualitative - subjective, flexible guidelines and unknown variables

quantitative - objective, established guidelines and known variables

REASONING

inductive analysis - specific situation to general case

deductive analysis - from general to specific

FINDINGS

qualitative research- narrative description, words, qoutes, personal voice; literary style

quantitative research - statistics, formal and scientific