I was not able to attended Wednesdays lecture and can therefore not evaluate my feelings about it. So I will talk mostly about the seminar for this week and what we talked about and what I learned of it. So this weeks topic was about Quantitative methods and we all had chosen a paper that had used that kind of method in their research. Something I felt I learned this week is that it doesn’t always have to be clear what kind of method you are using. One method that seems like a Qualitative research may have been used in a way that is more Quantitative and vice versa. It is very interesting to se others point of view on this method and on the topic of the different research we all had chosen.
The assignment that we had during the seminar was also interesting and it made you think harder about what your research is really about and how you could categorise parts of the research to get a clearer view of the main point in it. For me it was hard to categorise the research paper I had chosen because I had never thought of doing it before and it was not always clear what the point was.
Now that I think back on the seminar, it is hard for me to summarise the whole week only having the seminar as a reference because we did not discuss much and I do not have the lecture to back me up on some of the things we did. But I feel like I have definitely learned more about Quantitative research and what methods can be used. And I also learned how different research papers can use the same Quantitative method in different ways and get different or similar results. It has been interesting and learning even though I felt I missed an important part of this weeks theme.
Hej Anna
SvaraRaderaWell, let me tell you, this weeks lecture was actually more of a seminar as well. If you read my and other blogs about it, you might get the idea. Perhaps you want to check out the link in my post about Google Opinion which I found relevant to the topic and to what (I think) I learnt from this seminar/lecture-gameshow.
Thanks for the tip, I did look at others but Since reflections is about what "I" specifically learned I felt like I couldn't simply "copy" any other persons thoughts and reflection. Though It did help, to se what others had wrote.
RaderaHi Anna! We have discussed is benefits and limitations of quantitative and qualitative research. I also find a table that could help us to understand better the difference between quantitative and qualitative research. You can find it here - http://www.xavier.edu/library/help/qualitative_quantitative.pdf
SvaraRaderaAs I understood we can use qualitative research to interview experts and develop an initial understanding of our field. We can understand which group of people and ideas can be studied and it can be a base for the quantitative research. On the other hand, the qualitative research can follow up the quantitative research and explain its findings. I think that the qualitative method is a good tool to understand personal thoughts and behaviour.