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I am needing help in completing this assignment. I need to complete a chart that includes the following:

Compare and Contrast Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods specifically addressing the difference in:
(a.) Understanding or defining constructs of interest
(b.) Data Collection Procedures
(c) Data Analysis Approaches
(d) Criteria for judging validity
(e) Role of researcher

I also need a qualitative research question in the topic of ADHD. I need to explain the type data/information used to answer the research question and which assessment was used as most appropriate in the topic of ADHD.

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The question was on distinguishing qualitative and quantitative paradigms and applying qualitative principles to a probable ADHD question.

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(a)Both quantitative and qualitative are ways we get to know about our world. They are on two ends of a continuum.

1. When you compare, you show the similarities between the two concepts, qualitative and quantitative. You look for all the things they both have, for example they both have a sample size.

2. When you contrast you find the things that make them different, for example there is a difference in which requires a large sample size and which uses a small sample size.

What is the purpose of quantitative or qualitative research? Testing a theory? Describing a phenomenon? Establishing facts? Determining how one thing affects another? Exploring? generating new ideas?
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