Quantitative and Qualitative Methods

Instructions: Answer Question 5, Part A-C in the spaces provided. To answer these questions, please read the following papers, which are posted in Blackboard.

Research Design Considerations by Wright et al. (2016).

Qualitative Research: Getting Started by Austin and Sutton (2014)

You may also consider utilizing the following weblinks:

https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/communityengagement/pce_program_methods.html

https://sphweb.bumc.bu.edu/otlt/MPH-Modules/PH717-QuantCore/PH717-Module1B-DescriptiveStudies_and_Statistics/PH717-Module1B-DescriptiveStudies_and_Statistics9.html

Question 1: Part A. Explain what quantitative and qualitative methods are, and discuss their use in explaining population health. Please provide examples of each method. In your discussion, contrast the use of the two data collection methods and the type of data that are generated.

Question 1: Part B. Explain how the quantitative results from the previous three scenarios (listeria & cheese, lead, hamburger & E. coli) are important for describing and assessing the respective populations health.

Question 1. C. Describe the types of qualitative date that might further enhance assessing results in these three scenarios. Explain how these methods would add to or enhance the study of these conditions and aid in assessment of results.