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Differences between qualitative and quantitative research approaches

2020-11-26

The Departmental Research and Higher Degrees Committee (DRHDC) of the Department of Early Childhood Education (ECE) invited Dr. Lam Ho Cheong to provide a research method workshop on comparing the rationales between qualitative and quantitative research approaches on 11 November 2020. About 80 colleagues and students registered for the workshop.          

Dr. Lam highlighted that qualitative and quantitative research approaches differ in terms of the study purpose, the object of study, research question, sampling method, logic reasoning and generalizability. He illustrated that qualitative approach describes the findings in words while quantitative approach depicts results in numbers. By sharing his own research, participants grasped the features of these research approaches thoroughly.