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The major difference between quantitative and qualitative research is that qualitative research seeks to find answers based on which of the following?
 
  A) Solid factual data
  B) Experiences or descriptions
  C) Etiology
  D) Systematic process

Question 2

Which group represents a convenience sample?
 
  1. The students seen in the University Health Clinic on one afternoon in May.
  2. IV drug users recruited by the original study subjects who are IV drug users.
  3. Middle-class Caucasian females chosen as representatives of the accessible population.
  4. Twenty male subjects and twenty female subjects chosen for a study on gender differences.



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Answer to Question 1

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Human experiences, and people's descriptions and interpretations of these experiences, are the main focus of qualitative research. Systematic process, etiology, and factual data are more closely aligned with the quantitative tradition.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale 1: Convenience sampling involves choosing readily available people for a study, such as those who happen to be treated in the clinic on that afternoon.
Rationale 2: This is an example of snowball sampling.
Rationale 3: This is an example of purposive or judgmental sampling.
Rationale 4: This is an example of quota sampling, in this case an even number of males and females.



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