Practical exercises
1
Choose two articles from professional journals, one
employing a quantitative and the other a qualitative methodology. Then:
Describe in point form the
features that reflect the 'quantitative' and 'qualitative' nature of
the methodology.
Contrast the two articles in terms
of their background methodologies, so that their nature becomes clear and
obvious.
Show which of the two articles was more successful in answering the research questions and why.
Discuss critically the social significance of these articles, that is, the extent to which the knowledge they gained about the issue they investigated could be employed to construct effective social policies.