EDR 3891: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Research

"To examine the changes in student critical thinking through active learning, we applied quantitative analyses. A data set that included students’ individual reports from the modules."

This article reports on a longitudinal quantitative study. Longitudinal studies look at the same participants over time, in this case 6 years. The extremely large sample size (1,106 participants) and the multiple tests and measures used as data are indicators of a quantitative study. Additionally, the purpose of the study was to examine the correlational relationship between multiple variables, which also suggests a quantitative study design.

In this report they report they conducted qualitative research to ascertain the perspectives of educational stakeholders.

This article uses qualitative research methods, including remote in-depth interviews, to address the questions: What is the educational impact of the COVID-19 rapid response on teachers, students, and families in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada?