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Data Analysis Methods

In each of the four scenarios provided, a different research method is the most appropriate, given the parameters of the study. In Scenario 1, for example, the in-depth interviews and observation suggest a qualitative approach. Qualitative research is more concerned with what people think regarding a subject than with statistical analysis of a situation. According to Sherman and Webb (1988, p. 3), C.H. Edson argues that "qualitative inquiry is a form of 'moral discourse', an attempt to 'understand ourselves in relation to the larger world.'" I selected the qualitative approach for this scenario because what is really being sought here is insight into the issues that concern peer mediation and what the students think and do with reference to it.

In Scenario 2, there are two groups of students that will be compared to each other, with one group being a control and the other not. Since the students have similar demographics and a numeric answer is being sought-the number of office referrals-this scenario suggests a quantitative approach. Quantitative research is primarily concerned with the analysis of numerical data, and it "presupposes objective truths and a singular, unequivocal reality," as opposed to qualitative research, which "presupposes a world which is inherently subjective, with no unequivocal reality" (Paley, 2000, p. 157). I chose the quantitative approach here because the set-up of the scenario lends itself to quantitative research and because a numerical answer and analysis are being researched.

In Scenario 3, the action research method would be appropriate. The school counselor wants to know how student attitudes affect the value of peer mediation to decrease the number of office referrals that are being filed for inappropriate interactions, so more than mere quantification is needed. Action research "combines theory and practice...through change and reflection in an immediate probl

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