The Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) program at Oregon State is a fruitful collaboration with OHSUâthe degree is conferred by both universities, and both OSU and OHSU are noted on the diploma.
Statement of phenomenon of interest. Every qualitative study has some philosophical underpinning which helps in designing research processes. This study is based on a Grounded Theory approach. According to burns and grove (2007) However, in the article the authors have not explicitly defined the philosophical underpinning of this study. Moreover, authors have also not explained that why the phenomenon of the study requires a qualitative format. The Problem Authors have explained the research problem in the very first paragraph of the article.
Quantitative observation requires a large number of participants or subjects while qualitative observation requires only a few participants. Quantitative observation is used in most scientific research with the exception of the social sciences which use qualitative observation. Qualitative observation provides more personal and in-depth data about each participant while quantitative observation provides a general statistical analysis of a population.