Professor Parsnip Wants to Know More About the Mental Process

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Essay

Professor Parsnip wants to know more about the mental process students go through as they learn about research methods.She also wants to know which instructional methods are most effective for teaching research methods to her students.Assume that Professor Parsnip decides to take a qualitative approach to studying these questions.State a specific research question related to her general research problem that lends itself well to a qualitative research approach.Then explain why your question is better addressed using a qualitative,rather than a quantitative,methodology.

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