Grove, Gary, & Burns, 2015
1-Qualitative and quantitative methods both are unique with each-other and have both advantages and disadvantages, mostly quantitative data includes closed-end information and deals with statistical analysis and results are usually in numbers. Quantitative data is mostly subjective and are open ended (Grove, Gary, & Burns, 2015).
It is believed by many researchers that combined use of both qualitative and quantitative methods in study increases reliability and outcomes of research. Combined use of these methods allows the use of varieties of approaches that answers the research questions which would not have been possible using single method (Doyle, Brady, & Byrne, 2009)
The term that describes use of both methods is known as mixed method s research or third method and is believed to have huge benefit for health and science researches. The advantages of this type of research are the results or outcomes of the research may include both statistical analysis and observational evidence and support for the finding, researches can use both words and numbers to communicate. The disadvantages of this methods are they usually are time consuming as they involve tools of both method, they require more resources to collect both types of data (Grove, Gary, & Burns, 2015).
References:
Doyle, L., Brady, A.-M., & Byrne, G. (2009). An overview of mixed methods research. Journal of Research in Nursing, 14(2), 175–185. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987108093962
Grove, S. K., Gray, J., & Burns, N. (2015). Understanding nursing research: Building an evidence-based practice. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier
