A new quantitative paradigm of floodplain processes, honoring the frequency and extent of floods, can be develop by careful analysis of these new remotely sensed data.
Specifically in the medical field, while the quantitative paradigm is widely known and accepted, the qualitative one still needs to prove its effectiveness and validity.
On the contrary unspecific criteria (such as connection to an existing body of knowledge or systematic data gathering) which are mainly shared with the quantitative paradigm are more frequently satisfied.
For quantitative researchers working with qualitative colleagues or when exploring qualitative research for the first time, the nature of the Framework Method is seductive because its methodical processes and 'spreadsheet' approach seem more closely aligned to the quantitative paradigm [ 14].
The large improvement in the proportion of papers published in medical journals confirms the growing acceptance of this methodology in the medical field where studies are traditionally based on the quantitative paradigm.
The "best fit" method can therefore be useful, as it can test and generate theory, and in so doing solve problems in policy-making and health care, and answer those questions left unanswered by the quantitative paradigm.
Qualitative researchers felt or feel that "the rigid requirements (i.e., word count) of medical journals and reviewers' attempts to "quanti-sise" qualitative research (apply assumptions of the quantitative paradigm to quality assessment) prohibit publication of their work" [ 36].
Some of them show a complete awareness of the specificity of this kind of research, while others are still largely influenced by the quantitative paradigm prevailing in the medical field.
