RES 5000: Homework for Overview of Quantitative Research
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Read Bryman, “The Nature of Quantitative Research”
Read Stewart, Stewart, & Simons (quantitative research article)
Critique the research article by answering the following:
a. What are the positivist tendencies/approaches/qualities in the research?
b. Choose 3 aspects of quantitative research that you learned about in Bryman.
Evaluate to what extent the research article exemplifies these aspects.
i. In other words, apply what you learned from Bryman to the research
article. Be very specific regarding the quantitative features and the
examples from the research article. Students in the past have organized
this is the form of a chart, while others have just written answers in
paragraph form. Either way is fine.
Please follow instructions for homework preparation as indicated on the syllabus.
RES 5000: Homework for Overview of Quantitative Research



Read Bryman, “The Nature of Quantitative Research”
Read Stewart, Stewart, & Simons (quantitative research article)
Critique the research article by answering the following:
a. What are the positivist tendencies/approaches/qualities in the research?
b. Choose 3 aspects of quantitative research that you learned about in Bryman.
Evaluate to what extent the research article exemplifies these aspects.
i. In other words, apply what you learned from Bryman to the research
article. Be very specific regarding the quantitative features and the
examples from the research article. Students in the past have organized
this is the form of a chart, while others have just written answers in
paragraph form. Either way is fine.
Please follow instructions for homework preparation as indicated on the syllabus.