Question

Which type of study, qualitative or quantitative, do you believe is the easiest to conduct based on the criteria of the respective studies, and does easy translate into the most accurate results?

Answer 1

I believe qualitative study is the easiest to conduct. This is based on the following criteria:

• Conducting the study is not as difficult as quantitative study because it involves less sample.
• Qualitative study is creating a hypothesis while quantitative is testing a hypothesis.
• Questionnaires in qualitative studies are easier to frame as they involve observations from day to day activities.
• No need of prior knowledge about the trend.
• The essence of the study is in the hands of the researcher and not in the hands of the subject.
• No need to do statistical analysis.

Qualitative study does not provide more accurate results than quantitative study because qualitative study does not analyse bradth wise but analyzes in-depth.Quantitative studies are more generalizable.