1. Which are the benefits and limitation of using quantitative methods?
The benefits are that you can get a lot of data or information and in that way have a more solid background for your research. You can make analysis based on your data and so make discussions that can lead to answers. The limitation is that if you, for example, make a survey of some kind you will never be a hundred percent sure that a person is answering the questions truthfully. People have a way to be influenced by what they hear and see and so you must be careful when making questions etc. because you do not want to influence peoples answers.
2. Which are the benefits and limitation of using qualitative methods?
The benefits are that the quality is mostly good. You can make sure that what you get is for the most part the correct answer. The downside is that you
cannot get as much data as in a quantitative method because you focus on smaller samples than that of quantitative methods. In qualitative method you are more focused on the details and usually you try to understand the human aspect of the research.
Research Paper: Drouin.M, Vogel.K.N, Surbey.A, Stills.J.R, Let’s talk about sexting, baby: Computer-mediated sexual behaviors among young adults
1. Which quantitative method or methods are used in the paper? What are the benefits and limitations of using there methods?
In this research they used Surveys to get the information needed to answer their questions. This method is often used when you have a big group of people that you want to study without influencing their answers in any way. Therefor it is beneficial because you can get a huge number of data from the participants. The limitation is that even though it is a safer way to study people without influencing their answers, you can still influence them without you knowing it. For example, when you ask your questions you can indirectly influence what their going to answer and therefor it is important that you think your questions trough and form them in a way that makes sure you do not influence the answers.
2. What did you learn about quantitative methods from reading the paper?
I did not learn much, because I have read a lot of papers with this kind of method. Had they had another method in this researched I might have gotten other information on it. But since they did not have another more rarely used method I did not feel I learned more than I already learned trough other papers.
3. Which are the main methodological problems of the study? How could the use of the quantitative method or methods have been improved?
As any study that uses Survey as a method it is questionable if the people answering the questions answered truthfully. Sex is a very private matter and people might have exaggerated there answers just because the truth feels less true. These authors are very aware of their problems in this study which I see as a good thing. Though they say they where trying to ask more detailed question I had the feeling they could have been even more detailed. Also, another thing they could have done was to observe people sexting. Now I do not mean they should hover over people while sexting. I mean that they could have made profiles themselves or asked their participants to make profiles online and try to engage in a sexual relationship with someone and then write a dairy of their experience. This way you could see firsthand if people did what people in the survey said they did and get more ground for the research.
References:
Drouin.M, Vogel.K.N, Surbey.A, Stills.J.R, Let’s talk about sexting, baby: Computer-mediated sexual behaviours among young adults. (2013) Indiana University-Purdue, University Fort Wayne, United States. Journal: Computers in Human Behaviour 29.
Swedens National Encyclopedia 2013-28-11: http://www.ne.se
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