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e difference between quantitative and qualitative research designs is that
 
  a. quantitative designs use words to describe or give meaning to a phenomenon, and qualitative designs use numbers.
  b. quantitative designs use numbers to give meaning to a phenomenon or an event, and qualitative designs rely on words.
  c. qualitative designs predict causality, while quantitative designs describe, predict, or explain phenomena.
  d. quantitative research is exploratory and inductive, while qualitative research aims to reach conclusions by deduction and hypothesis testing.

Question 2

The advantage of using a quasi-experimental design in nursing is
 
  a. smaller sample size.
  b. to provide beginning evidence of causality.
  c. descriptive statistics can be used to analyze data.
  d. the design is stronger in determining causality.



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Answer to Question 1

b. quantitative designs use numbers to give meaning to a phenomenon or an event, and qualitative designs rely on words.

Answer to Question 2

b. to provide beginning evidence of causality.





 

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