Francesca is a 30-year old college student. College courses are not new to her, with her being a recent graduate for the second time. Francesca enrolled into Liberty University because she wanted to further her education in the area of helping people, with hopes to obtain a career within the social work profession. Taking online courses is not anything that is new to Francesca, however the approach is slightly different than what she is familiar too. Francesca has placed a great deal of pressure on herself to succeed within her coursework. Upon beginning the coursework for the class Introduction to Research, Francesca was uneasy and felt over inundated with the amount of work and dedication that was required. The class began to take way and various subject matters and research tools were introduced, Francesca soon realized that she enjoyed the class more than anticipated. Through the research techniques learned within this course Francesca found a way to apply what she has learned thus far in her everyday life. Francesca finds herself using the learned various styles and techniques in other classes, in ministry at church and even on her job. Evolving in The Research World There was quite a lot of information that was to be …show more content…
An argument had to be presented on “qualitative research and quantitative research.” Quantitative research is that which is placed into numbers, dealing with the variables in the study (Crawford, 2016). A convincing argument had to be presented as to why research with numbers is the best. Through my study and research, I was able to argue, effectively how quantitative research can be one of the easiest ways to get a lot of descriptive information regarding a diversity of topics (Crawford, 2016). New trends and ideas are generally started based on quantitative research due to the large number of participants you are able to appeal