Africa and Globalization by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030553517
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

Research Methodology

This chapter utilizes both quantitative and qualitative methodological approaches to examine the significance of the political culture for people living with HIV/AIDS in Africa. According to Hossein Tavakoli, “both of these strategies allow for comparison and integration of evidence from multiple methods of data collection” (2013, p. 674). As Michael Q. Patton also states, “the points of these methods are to test for consistency from different data sources or inquiry approaches” (2002, p. 248).

Quantitative data comprise of numerical records that result from a process of measurement on which basic mathematical operations can be done (Singh 2007, p. 12). According to Newman and Benz, “The quantitative approach is used when one begins with a theory (or hypothesis) and tests for confirmation or de-confirmation of that hypothesis” (1998, p. 3). For Balnaves and Caputi, “The basic aim for quantitative research is to investigate how variables interact with each other to guide the study” (2001, p. 46).

Qualitative data measure behaviors, which are not computable by arithmetic relations. Newman and Benz assert that the qualitative approach is used when observing and interpreting reality with the aim of developing a theory that will explain what was experienced (Newman and Benz, 1998). Thus, case studies were utilized to analyze data on a subject, individual, or social process.

The data collected for this chapter came from both primary and secondary sources. The primary sources comprised of official statistics in order to establish a general idea of HIV/AIDS in Africa. The secondary sources were collected by using the document analysis technique which entailed systematically analyzing books, articles and Internet sources to assess their validity and reliability through consistency. The intent of these data collection techniques is to reconstruct the knowledge of experts (Belting 2008).

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