Analyzing Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methodologies

This essay discusses the differences between qualitative and quantitative research methods, drawing upon Adar Ben-Eliyahu's work. It explains that qualitative research focuses on in-depth understanding of a phenomenon through interviews and open-ended questions, while quantitative research uses surveys to gather data from a larger number of individuals. The essay presents evidence supporting each approach, highlighting the benefits and limitations. Qualitative methods provide deeper insights but may lack generalizability, whereas quantitative methods offer broader data but may miss nuanced details. An example of the quantitative approach is provided using the Japanese government's use of the method to assess economic loss after the 2002 tsunami. The essay concludes that both approaches have value depending on the research goals.

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1. What is the writer’s thesis or argument in this reading?
The author discussed about the different types of research method that can be used to
obtain information. The two different types of research methods are qualitative and
quantitative (Neuman 2013). Adar Ben- Eliyuah explained about the different types of
qualitative and quantitative research method in this article (Ben Eliyuah 2014). The
author explained that the qualitative approach helps in understanding the phenomenon in
a more accurate and detailed way and the quantitative approach gathers information from
a wide range of sources. Author also discussed the benefits and the limitations of each of
the approaches.
2. What evidence do they present to support their thesis?
The qualitative methods consists of interviews, online forums, online
communications etc. The quantitative research methods tools are online web, central
location intercept etc. Author also used some examples from the youth mentoring
research and explained both the approaches briefly. The author explained that in the
qualitative approach how the open-minded questions and the interviews helps the
researchers to understand the interests of the individuals.
3. What is your view of their argument?
The qualitative approach allows identifying the untouched phenomena and
gives a deeper understanding of the whole mechanism but the only drawback of the
qualitative approach is that the research cannot be generalize in a huge population as
the samples that are taken is very small.
The quantitative approach gathers information from a large population and it
is conducted in a group, which allows comparison. This type of research tool is very

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informative for making policy or guidelines. It also allows in generalizing to a broader
population. This research tools have difficulties in recognizing untouched and new
phenomena.
4. What event can you think of (or have seen in the media) that proves, or at least could
be considered in relation to, the evidence presented?
During population survey or any other kind of survey, the quantitative
research tool is used. After the 2002 tsunami in Japan, the Japan government used the
quantitative research method to understand the loss of the economy (Goda et al.
2016).

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References:
Goda, K., Yasuda, T., Mori, N. and Maruyama, T., 2016. New scaling relationships of
earthquake source parameters for stochastic tsunami simulation. Coastal Engineering
Journal, 58(3), pp.1650010-1.
Neuman, W.L., 2013. Social research methods: Qualitative and quantitative approaches.
Pearson education.
Ben-Eliyahu, A 2014, ‘Understanding the different types of research: What’s the difference
between qualitative and quantitative approaches?’, The Chronicle of Evidence-Based
Mentoring, viewed 11 December 2017, http://chronicle.umbmentoring.org/on-methods-
whats-the-difference-between-qualitative-and-quantitative-approaches/.