Quantitative and Qualitative Research Designs

Objectives:

• Explain the key methodological concepts and tools that apply to all types of research studies.
• Describe the purposes and essential processes of qualitative designs.
• Analyze the advantages and disadvantages of experimental designs.
• Compare strategies to enhance rigor in quantitative research.

Choose two scholarly, peer-reviewed articles about research studies. One article must be an example of a qualitative research study; the other must be a quantitative example.

• Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice
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• Any Research article that is peer reviewed with sources and data.

Write a 500-word statement which must includes:

• A description of why each research study is categorized as quantitative or qualitative.
• A justification for your selections.
• Rationale for choosing the journal(s) in which the articles were published.
• A link to the selected articles or an attached copy of each article.

Use APA style with PAGE number, solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide.

Provide References in APA format