Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings.  

BERTHA’S POST:

Greetings, Everyone

     The differences in types of data of the three venues of descriptive, qualitative, and quantitative are that the descriptive research method is when no theory exists, this theory lessens the hypotheses. The qualitative research method is when there is an attempt to obtain access to the adjective or personal experience. The quantitative research method is when there is a gain of adjective understanding, feelings, or meaning (Monette, Sullivan, & DeJong, 2017). The anticipated outcome when using the descriptive research method is to make observations to generate a reasonable statement with the given observations. The anticipated outcome for the qualitative research method is not to deny the importance or the existence experience, but to make sure that the interpretations of the method will have descriptive credibility. The quantitative research method is to make sure that people consider their feelings (Monette, Sullivan, & DeJong, 2017).

     The descriptive research method venue utilizes the narrative and observation as a data source by using the meaning of the data to build a theory. This will allow the making of theory and allowing the theory to be testable. This is the key within the chain of the scientific process (Monette, Sullivan & DeJong, 2017). The advantages and disadvantages of each research venues are the advantage of the descriptive research method venue to be able to obtain probable theorem based on the observations without a remaining theory. The disadvantage of the qualitative research methods venue is that the researcher gains the opportunity to put themselves in the other person’s shoes and attain the perspective and experience of the research.

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References

Monette, D., Sullivan, T. & DeJong, C. (2017). Applied social research (9th ed). Retrieved from

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MARKAYLA’S POST:

Research is prominent to the delivery of human services and to the people who are responsible for carrying out those services. There are different types of research. One of the frequently used researchers in human service is descriptive research. Descriptive Research is the discovery of facts or to describe reality. Descriptive Research focuses on questions like “How widespread is substance abuse”. Descriptive Research questions can be very extensive of the massive amount of information. Another research is quantitative research which is the scientific method of observation to gather non numerical data. Qualitative Research refers to meanings, concepts, definitions, characteristics symbols, and metaphors. Some examples of Qualitative research can be a diary account, any open ended questions, and documents. Qualitative Research s methods using objective measurements, statistical mathematical or numerical, analysis of data, polls and questionnaires. 

          The differences in the types of data is the type of information it is whether it’s statistics, newspapers or data collected. When using each kind of data there are certain advantages each individually that apply. Such a description is very useful because of the massive description of the data collected. Disadvantages include its confidentiality and subjectivity. Advantages of qualitative data is it provides depth and detail. It also encourages people to be more open minded with their responses. A disadvantage for qualitative research is subjectivity. It’s more difficult to assess and demonstrate. In addition it can be very time consuming. Advantages of quantitative research is it can be broadly studied preventing potential bias. A disadvantage for quantitative research is it can be misleading because it provides numerical descriptions rather than detailed descriptions. The descriptive research method venue utilizes narrative and observation data source because the data uses scientific method forming a system of ideas. 

Reference

Harrell, A., Burt, M., Hatry, H., Rossman, S., Roth, J., & Sabol, W. (n.d.). Evaluation Strategies for Human Services Programs (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.). Retrieved from https://www.bja.gov/evaluation/guide/documents/evaluation_strategies.html

EXAMPLE RESPONSE:

Janice,

Descriptive research contains elements of both quantitative and qualitative research and may be more analytic, referring to the types of questions, design, and analysis that will be applied to the topic at hand. Qualitative research does provide the aspect of human feelings and behaviors by digging a little deeper into the subject, whereas quantitative does not. Qualitative studies have fewer samples than quantitative but more details. “Descriptive research has the goal to discover facts or describe reality” (Monette, Sullivan, & DeJong, 2017). Some questions for collecting information for descriptive research include observations, surveys, and interviews. These methods ask the questions, who, what, when, where, and how. I believe the best research in human services would involve both types, what do you think? Thanks for sharing.

Monette, D., Sullivan, T. & DeJong, C. (2017). Applied Social Research (9th ed.). Cengage.