NUR 590 Explain whether you would select a qualitative or quantitative design to collect data and evaluate the effectiveness of your evidence-based practice project proposal Re: Topic 4 DQ 1

NUR 590 Explain whether you would select a qualitative or quantitative design to collect data and evaluate the effectiveness of your evidence-based practice project proposal

Re: Topic 4 DQ 1

Qualitative and quantitative research design mainly differ from each other by the kind of data that is collected and the phenomenon that it seeks to understand. Qualitative data is derived from words and is presented in a narrative form while quantitative data is collected and presented using numerical data (Polit, 2017). Qualitative design will answer “why and how” questions while collecting narrative data and quantitative will answer “how many” questions while collecting numerical data.  While qualitative design is essential when an explanatory approach on a topic is required, quantitative design will be used in my evidence-based project since the kind of data needed is numerical in nature (Pyo et al., 2023). Questionnaires will be used to collect numerical data on the number of times the children washed their hands in a day and the number of the occurrence of respiratory-like illnesses. The questionnaires will specifically have yes and no questions to be able to collect the required data.

References

Polit, D., F. (2017). Data-Collection methods. In J. Fitzpatrick (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Nursing Research (4th ed.). Springer Publishing Company. https://search.credoreference.com/articles/Qm9va0FydGljbGU6NDY3NzgwMw==?aid=96349

Pyo, J., Lee, W., Choi, E. Y., Jang, S. G., & Ock, M. (2023). Qualitative Research in Healthcare: Necessity and Characteristics. Journal of preventive medicine and public health = Yebang Uihakhoe chi, 56(1), 12–20. https://doi.org/10.3961/jpmph.22.451