TOPICS
QUALITATIVE
DESCRIPTIVE
Features
Study of the human behavior, within the context where it happens. The aim is to discover and enclose meanings once the researcher becomes immerse in the data Generate concepts
Is used to establish the existence of phenomena by explicitly describing them. The researcher begin with general questions in mind about the phenomenon they are studying and with more specific questions and with a specific focus the questions are designed in advanced so the focus is certain aspects of the possible data available in the language learning contexts being described
Similarities
Provide descriptions of phenomena that occur naturally, without the intervention of an experiment or an artificially contrived treatment. Use data which may eather be collected first hand or taking from already existing. While qualitative research is also concerned with description.
Differences
As a type or category of research refers to investigation which utilizes already existing data or non
Differences
Approach
Procedure
Avoids establishing research questions or hypotheses or identifying, a priory, any variable which will become the focus of the research
Works with hypotheses, questions and so on.
Is heuristic and not deductive
Can be heuristic or deductive (often deductive rather than heuristic)
Define the phenomenon to be described. Use qualitative methods to gather data Look for patterns in the data Validate initial conclusions by returning to the data or connecting more data.
Decide on the question Select the population Determine methods for data collection Collect the data Organize and analyze the data