Research Methods Discuss your growing understanding of qualitative and quantitative methods; use examples from research reports/studies to highlight how these different methods approach social issues; find through the library one qualitative study and one quantitative (they can be on the same or different topics) . For this essay you are expected to reference various sources to help inform your discussion of these two methods (use the readings, your text book and the library data base http://www.csu.edu.au/division/library