QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION METHODS
mathematics
Description
QUALITATIVE)AND)QUANTITATIVE)EVALUATION)METHODS
For"the"final"assignment"in"NR"443:"Community"Health"Nursing,"you"will"need"to"utilize"a"qualitative"or"
quantitative"evaluation"method"to evaluate"your"proposed"intervention."
Qualitative)evaluation"techniques"generally"are"subjective"data"and"can"include"methods"such"as:
x observation"methods
x interviews
x focus"groups
x other"nonEstatistical"data
Example:
If"your"proposed" intervention"is"relatedto"childhood"obesity,"you"may"want"to"interview"the"children"
pre"and"post"intervention"to"see"if"their"attitude"about"food"and"health"has"changed."This"would"be"a
qualitative evaluation"method."
Example:
For"the"same"intervention,"you"want"to"have"a"focus group"with"pre"and"post"intervention"with"parents"
to"see"if"their"children’s"attitudes"about"food"have"changed."This"would"be"a qualitative)evaluation"
method.
Quantitative evaluation"techniques"generally"are"objective"data"and"can"include"methods"such"as:
x surveys/questionnaires
x pre/posttests
x physiologic"data
x statistical"analysis
Example:
Your"proposed"intervention is"the"same"as"the"example"above,"but"instead"of"an"interview,"you"would"
like"to"measure"the"children’s"weight"pre"and"post"your"intervention."This"would"be"a"quantitative
evaluation"method."
Example:
Another"example"of"a"quantitative evaluation"method"would"be"having"a"pre"and"posttest"on"healthy"
foods"and"importance"of"exercise.""You"would"compare"the"pre"intervention"test"results"with"the"post"to"
measure"if"your"intervention"was"effective.
