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Quantitative and Qualitative Critique Assignment Sample

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Quantitative and Qualitative Critique Assignment Sample

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Quantitative and Qualitative Critique1Quantitative and Qualitative CritiqueResearch is an essential part of being a competent professional in any line of work. It promotes growth and innovation to the current practices in law enforcement. The purpose of conducting research is to establish conclusions to queries that are being asked in relation to household food security. There are quantitative research methods as well as qualitative research methods. The purpose of this paper is to provide an extensive critique of the article Combining household qualitative data and qualitative data in food security research by Degefa Tolossa, to help understand the various differences in data collection and research technique between qualitative and quantitative research methods.According to Polit&Beck, quantitative research involves statistical measurements, and numericalanalysis which is used to gather the necessary information and data on the subjects. Qualitative studies on the other hand, rely more on subjective data gathered from interviews and experiencesover a period of time to understand and collect the data being gathered. Qualitative studies are subject to being bias or skewed because of the subjective nature of the study. This paper will be reviewing both a qualitative study by Maxwell, (2008) and a quantitative study Creswell and Creswell, (2017) and relating it to the main issue discussed in the article being critiqued (household food security in Northern Ethiopia). The qualitative study uses an interview process with families in the region to understand the food choices, environmental aspects and activity levels of the children in their daily lives and measures they take to ensure food security. The quantitative study used a cross-sectional method to study different families over a period of time about the environmental factors affecting the families in relation to household food security.
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Quantitative and Qualitative Critique2Research Problem and PurposeThe problem identified in the study relates to household food security in the Northern area of Ethipia. The purpose of this study was “examining built and biophysical environmental influences on household food security.” (Degefa, 2005).Literature ReviewThe quality of this study is good. The literature review is current because the article itself was published in 2005 and the referenced literature is from 1992 to 2005. The article did provide a summary of the current information available by then, a systematic review of different studies of different families was taken into consideration.PopulationThe sample population was selected with an extensive inclusion criteria, a systematic review of different studies was done to get sample that fit the criteria from different groups. The population sample came from a closed, multidisciplinary population in Northern Ethiopia, which included more than 50 participants that met inclusion criteria. The different studies that were references had different sample sizes, from different families. A systematic review of data was conducted because meta-analysis was not feasible for the study because of the environmental variables involved. Characteristics of each study including research design, sample characteristics, measurement strategies (perceived or objective, parent or child report), and consideration of other variables were considered in conducting analysis.
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