Qualitative vs. Quantitative Research: Psychology

This article reports on a thematic narrative analysis study. The use of a small, purposive sample is an indicator of a qualitative study, as is the use of interviews as the data collection technique.

This article reports on a qualitative study, as stated in the abstract. Additional keywords that suggest the qualitative nature of the study are "exploratory," "themes," and "inductively." Although this study utilized surveys and questionnaires, which are often quantitative measures, they mainly contained open-ended questions, which generated narrative responses similar to those that would have been obtained in interviews rather than numerical responses on a scale.

This article reports on an experimental study. The study is clearly quantitative because it uses an experimental methodology with control groups. Additionally, the purpose of the study is to try and discover a correlation between multiple factors, which is a characteristic of many quantitative studies.

This article reports on an experimental study. Experiments are a quantitative research design, and the large sample size (209 participants) is another indicator of a quantitative study. Another clue is that the participants were randomly assigned to the experimental conditions.