POPM 3240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Qualitative Research, Qualitative Property, Social Epidemiology
13 Dec 2017
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Quantitative: involves the quantification of factors & their relationships relating to health and disease. quantitative details/information: descriptive. qualitative details/information: provides rich, thick description and context relating to the scenario under investigation. It allows us to understand, in much more detailed terms, the nature of the decisions and behaviours that influence various outcomes. Quantitative research can generally be said to be confirmatory and theory/hypothesis verifying/testing. About trying to confirm relationships between variables of interest. For example, a study might conclude that risk of gastrointestinal illness among children under the age of 10 years is higher among households owning a pet cat. Neither of these types of studies must necessarily have to involve quantitative phases. So qualitative methods can be conducted completely on their own, or, they can be applied before and/or after a quantitative study to add further value and context.
