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Candyce Barnwell
ECPI University
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Introduction
Nursing research just like other researches involves both qualitative and quantitative
research studies. According to Rutberg & Bouikidis, (2018), quantitative research mostly deals
with numbers and statistics where measurable data is collected and analyses using statistical
procedures. On the other hand, qualitative research studies are dynamic with data collected
though observations and interviews analysis using themes hence allowing for the exploration of
ideas and experiences. The conceptual and methodological approaches that the two types of
research studies are different. For instance, qualitative research studies are aimed at
understanding aspects from informant’s perspectives while quantitative research studies are
aimed at discovering facts thorough the utilization of statistics. Both these types of research
studies are applied in nursing depending on the purpose and nature of a research. In this context,
this paper aims at comparing and contrasting a qualitative and quantitative research studies. The
selected quantitative study is a study by Solvik & Struksnes, (2018), about training nursing skills
while the qualitative study is a research by Sharif & Masoumi, (2005), about nursing student’s
experiences. This papers specifically compares and contracts the studies in terms of population,
sampling, sample sizes, credibility, validity, data analyses, bias and reporting of results.
Conclusion
As depicted by the above analysis of both the qualitative and the quantitative researches,
there is exist a difference between the two types of studies. Both studies have a specific study
population and assumes a certain sampling procedure. However, the quantitative study in our
case utilized the entire population as the sample maybe to enable them come up with better
results as compared to when a smaller sample is used. There is a big difference in data analysis
and hoe the results are reported in both the types of studies. Generally, quantitative research is
more based on statistics while qualitative is theory based. Under quantitative, numeric data is
used and a data analytical method used to analyses the data with the results reported in tables. On
the other hand, observations and interviews are used in qualitative researches with group focus
analyses adopted. The results are reported in paragraph forms with the participants responses
linked to certain theories. Therefore, every researcher should been keen in deciding the type of
References
Sharif, F., & Masoumi, S. (2005). A qualitative study of nursing student experiences of clinical
practice. BMC Nursing, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6955-4-6
Solvik, E., & Struksnes, S. (2018). Training nursing skills: A quantitative study of nursing
Practice, 2018, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/8984028