Jamie Taylor

In the quantitative article, the following major topics are covered; emotional and
behavioral disorders and parents of the students with emotional and behavioral disorders.
The qualitative article discusses and researches methods for teaching parents strategies to
ensure that the students are completing their homework and managing their behaviors
effectively. The qualitative article interviews adults about their childhood physical
awkwardness issues.
The quantitative article is heavily concentrated on using scholarly journals and
results from previous studies in the abstract as well as the literature review throughout the
entire article to support the authors own study and findings. The majority of the
references used are significantly older than when the article itself was published. The
references used in the abstract of the qualitative article are more focused on books and
manuals written in the field of study. There is a mix of current and older references sited
in the qualitative article.
In the very first paragraph of the quantitative article, the authors discuss the
problem regarding homework and students with disabilities. In the abstract they also
bring up the question of whether or not parents can help their children at home by setting
up a homework program and working on their behavior issues; and their hypothesis is
that they in fact can. The qualitative article starts by addressing the hypothesis that
heightening awareness of social awkwardness would help alert educators, coaches, etc. of
the potential effects it could have on adolescents and how to properly address the issues.
Both the articles are research based and utilize references such as scholarly
journals, studies and books/manuals in the field of study to support their hypotheses. A
methodology and results section was used in both articles to explain how the studies were
being conducted and to show the final results. Discussion sections were used to further
explain the results in more detail and in a more casual manner than the results sections. In
addition, both articles include a future research section to convey the necessity for more
exploration into the respective areas of study.
The quantitative article involved using charts and statistical data in their
presentation while the qualitative article is more narrative. The qualitative article includes
more background and explanation into the issue while the quantitative article discusses
more research and studies. The presentation of the research in the quantitative article was
a great deal longer while the qualitative article was more concentrated in the results
section.
Both articles used a rather small sampling of participants. The qualitative article
started off using more, but narrowed them down towards the end using only 6 of the
original sixteen to fully interview. The quantitative article used the same amount of
participants, 6, to conduct their research. Both sets of participants had a very specific set
of criteria that needed to be met.

The largest difference between the articles is the method in which research was
conducted. The quantitative article used a statistical study to prove their hypothesis
including results from past studies, charts and a statistical method for the selection of
their participants. The participants in this study had daily assignments and reporting to
do. The measurements and validity of the study are clearly stated. The qualitative article
used interviews and personal experiences to research and prove their hypothesis. Instead
of being given assignments and showing the differences in results from the beginning to
end, they were asked a series of questions related to their physical awkwardness that was
broken down into different themes.