Sentence examples for quantitative enquiry from inspiring English sources

Previous quantitative enquiry has therefore not factored discharge destination into statistical modelling when investigating the determinants of care quality.

Thematic analysis has been praised for allowing considerable latitude to reviewers, and for enabling the integration of findings from qualitative and quantitative enquiry [ 14].

It also has importance and relevance in advancing systematic review methodology, providing an additional example of the synthesis of integrated evidence from qualitative and quantitative enquiry.

During exploratory (Phase II) trials a prospective mixed qualitative and quantitative enquiry can identify the key functions, of both the change mechanisms and generic service changes, represented by the diverse forms in the field.

One of the general advantages of QCA is that it combines the strength of qualitative research (within-case knowledge) with the strength of quantitative enquiry (cross-case comparison) [ 71].

One benefit of considering the findings from synthesis of qualitative enquiry, in conjunction with the findings from synthesis of quantitative research, is the potential for the increased implementation of evidence-based practice and the implications this may have for future care [ 5, 9, 10].

Thin data descriptions were derived from quantitative research designs (e.g. controlled intervention studies or closed-question satisfaction surveys) and less rigorous qualitative approaches (e.g. open-ended enquiry lacking formal data analysis procedures).

There is clear added value to be obtained through the integration of quantitative, qualitative and confidential enquiry methods to investigate maternal deaths and near-miss events and promote continuing quality improvement in maternity care.

The methodological framework of innovative qualitative enquiry offers comprehensive and rigorous enhancement of quantitative studies, including randomised trials, when a mixed methods approach is needed.

The guidance by Craig and colleagues[ 1] highlights the potential of mixed methodologies to achieve these aims, in particular the role of qualitative enquiry to articulate the intervention's complexity, and the use of quantitative modelling to identify configurations of complex services that could potentially be cost-effective early in the development pathway.

In those interventions proceeding to a fully powered cluster randomised controlled trial (Phase III), the process evaluation should be operationally split from the intervention with the collection of prospective quantitative data and retrospective qualitative enquiry conducted by the research team [ 11].