Advanced Placement Research developing research skills and academic inquiry.
There are many ways to approach a research question, and the method you choose depends on what you want to discover. Each method has its strengths and is suited to different kinds of questions.
These methods focus on understanding meaning, experience, or concepts.
These methods use numbers and statistics to measure and analyze variables.
Sometimes, combining both approaches gives you a fuller picture!
Next time you have a question, think: Would interviews or a survey get you better answers?
Conducting interviews with teachers to understand their experiences with remote learning (qualitative).
Using a survey to measure how many students prefer online classes to in-person classes (quantitative).
Different research methods help answer different types of questions.