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Received:  by CIOS Mailer; Thursday 10 Jun 1999 21:28:17
Date:          Thu, 10 Jun 99 21:17 -0400
To: "Multiple recipients of COMGRADS" 
From: msamir  at mscc.huji.ac.il
Subject:       RE: Too Quiet! - length of time

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Just one short comment about money. Say that professional transcribing =
for a qualitative study costs indeed $1000, but how much does it cost to =
conduct a national survey on a representative sample?:(

Qualitative works can sometimes be more enlightening than quantitative =
studies  (though I'm personally not always so sure...), but as long as =
one uses first hand data, qualitative projects are bound to be cheaper.


Amir



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-----Original Message-----
From:	titswor  at inetnebr.com [SMTP:titswor@inetnebr.com]
Sent:	=E4 10 =E9=E5=F0=E9 1999 21:02
To:	Multiple recipients of COMGRADS
Subject:	Re: Too Quiet! - length of time

I agree that multiple factors dictate the length of the dissertation
time-frme.  However, all things being equal, quantitative takes less =
time.
When doing qualitative, one has to transcribe.  If you have a pro =
transcribe
them for you, plan on spending close to $1000, depending on the amount =
of data,
quality of recording, length of interviewes/focus groups, etc.  Once you =
get
them transcribed, which can take up to a month, you have to read them =
and
code.  For quantitative, data entry is relatively quick after data =
collection
os over.  If you had a good plan to start, data analysis can literally =
be done
in a day.  The writeup for the "results" takes considerably less time =
with
quantitative.

Here at Nebraska, four people in my class are at least half way through =
the
diss process.  Two of us did quantitative and are literally within a few =
pages
of being done with the first draft.  The two who are doing qualitative =
projects
are only about half done, even though we all started serious work on =
them at
about the same time.

Last comment.  Speed should not be your primary criteria.  As soon as =
your
advisor/committee learns you are making decisions based on speed of =
completion,
they will freak out.  Make your decisions about methods based on the =
questions
you want to ask and your own particular methodological expertise.

--
Scott Titsworth

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