Lilian Yiryuo, Stephen Kpekura, Wahab Osman, Margaret Wekem Kukeba, Najart Deborah Mumuni, Mavis Mallory Mwinbam, Anthony Dery
Challenges and support experienced by family caregivers seeking antiretroviral therapy services for children living with HIV/AIDS: a phenomenological study in Ghana
BMJ open
distinction made transcends one quantitative qualitative research paradigms distinction kind research suits best study causal relations among selected variables study complex learning environments undergoing change two studies illustrating differences lead formulation two approachesthe analytic systemicwhich differ terms epistemological assumptions underlie differences accounted contrasts basicapplied quantitativequalitative analytic approach mainly assumes discrete elements complex educational phenomena isolated study leaving else unchanged systemic approach mainly assumes elements interdependent inseparable even define transactional manner change one changes everything else thus requires study patterns single variables however argued validity approach limited combination assumptions made phenomena chosen study questions asked research methodologies employed thus two approaches epistemological necessity employed complementarily