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THIS IS A DISCUSSION POST IN WHICH YOU MUCH READ A QUALITATIVE STUDY AND RESPOND

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APA IN-TEXT CITATION

I WILL PROVIDE THE RESEARCH ARTICLE

USE ONE PEER REVIEW ARTICLE ON TOPIC RELATING TO QUALITATIVE STUDY

In contrast to qualitative designs, which are all basically non-experimental and descriptive, quantitative research designs may be either experimental or non-experimental. Within the non-experimental category, descriptive and correlational research are sub-categories.

Look for a scholarly/peer-reviewed quantitative research study on the topic you selected in Week 1. In your initial post which is; Does the maternal informant’s depressional state conform and affect the child’s ASD behaviors? And does it affect the reporting of the child’s symptoms and behavior?

• Appraise the differences between experimental and non-experimental research.
• Differentiate between a correlational study and an experimental study.
• State the hypothesis being tested in the selected quantitative research study.
• Identify the major variables and categorize them as independent or dependent.
• Describe the methods and results of the study.
• Determine whether the study is descriptive, correlational, or experimental, and explain why it fits this classification.