If James would like to better understand the experience of students in a graduate level research methods course, his research objective would be described as __________________.
A) confirming or testing a hypothesis
B) exploring and describing the phenomenon
C) inferential
D) quantitative

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The objective of exploring and describing the experience of students in a graduate level research methods course suggests a qualitative research objective of exploring and describing a phenomenon. This is in contrast to a confirmatory or inferential research objective (A and C) that would focus on testing hypotheses or making predictions, or a quantitative research objective (D) that would involve numerical data analysis.

If James Would Like to Better Understand the Experience of Students