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¶ … combining qualitative and quantitative research methods can be beneficial in nursing and health science. Notably, the usefulness of mixed research methods in nursing is due to the complexity of the phenomena studied in nursing and health science. One of the major aspects of both qualitative and quantitative research methods is that they are usually associated with inductive and deductive approaches respectively (Casebeer & Verhoef, 2002). Researchers who use both methods tend to operate with a different series of assumptions regarding the world and learning methods about it.
Since qualitative and quantitative methods have varying approaches when conducting a nursing study, none of them is effective when used alone. However, the use of mixed research methods has several advantages and disadvantages that determine their strengths and weaknesses in nursing study. Combined methods of research has several advantages including offering narrative to add meaning to numbers and also use numbers to provide precision to narrative data (Connelly, 2009, p.31). This is achieved because researchers can produce theory...
Secondly, mixed methods enable researchers to answer a wider and more complete set of questions because they are not restricted to a single research approach. Third, both qualitative and quantitative research methods in nursing study can generate improved knowledge that is required to inform medical practice.
The disadvantages of using mixed methods include the difficulties and complexities associated with combining the approaches, particularly when data is gathered at the same time. Secondly, the use of combined research methods is normally expensive and time consuming to carry out. Third, there is lack of clarity regarding how the findings from each approach was linked or incorporated to offer a complete understanding of the phenomenon.
Examining a Problem in Nursing:
One of the major problems that I have seen in the nursing field is pressure ulcers, which requires nursing research to study the problem. Pressure ulcers have affected people for several decades to an extent that dealing with the overall management of this…
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Casebeer, A.L. & Verhoef, M.J. (2002, October 29). Combining Qualitative and Quantitative
Research Methods: Considering the Possibilities for Enhancing the Study of Chronic Diseases. Chronic Diseases in Canada, 18(3). Retrieved from http://web.pdx.edu/~stipakb/download/PA555/Qual-Quan3.htm
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Today, social science researchers have a wide range of research methods available for criminology and criminal justice applications, divided generally between quantitative and qualitative methods. Although quantitative and qualitative research methods share some commonalities with respect to their overarching objectives, there are some fundamental differences involved that must be taken into account when selecting an optimal research strategy for a given research enterprise. The purpose of this paper was to
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