Compare and contrast the difference between the conventional ...

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Compare and contrast the difference between the conventional research model and the qualitative research model.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

According to _____________, interaction is based on assumptions of shared expectancies. For example, when you are talking with someone, what expectations do you have that you and the person with whom you are speaking will take turns speaking?
 
  a. conflict theorists
 b. ethnomethodologists
 c. functionalists
 d. rational choice theorists

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Answer to Question 1

The conventional research model focuses on quantitative research. Here

the goal is scientific objectivity, and the focus is on data that can be

measured numerically.

The conventional research model includes the following steps: (1) Select and clearly define

the research problem (topic), (2) Review previous researchit is important to review the

literature to see what others have written about the topic, (3) Formulate the hypothesisa

statement of the relationship between two or more concepts (independent variable and

dependent variable) and create an operational definitionan explanation of an abstract

concept in terms of observable features that are specific enough to measure the variable, (4)

Develop the research designconsidering the units of analysis (what or whom is being

studied) and the time frame of the study (cross-sectional studies or longitudinal studies), (5)

Collect (random sampling and probability sampling) and analyze the data (validity and

reliability), and (6) Draw conclusions (noting limitations of the study) and report the findings.

By contrast, with qualitative research, an interpretive description (words) rather than statistics

(numbers) is used to analyze underlying meanings and patterns of social relationships. A

qualitative approach often involves a different type of research question and a smaller

number of cases.

Answer to Question 2

b