QUALITATIVE INQUIRY
1.) Goals of Research: Description and explanation of past and present social phenomena

2.) Plans of Attack: Generally inductive(no initial hypothesis is essential, themes arouse progressively)

3.) Settings for projects: Essential to study; contain phenomenon of concern and interest.

4.) Roles of researchers: Indispensable to study.

5.) Intended use of results: Results explain phenomenon for particular settings. No urge to make generalisations.

QUANTITATIVE INQUIRY
1.) Goals of Research: Explanation, prediction or control of observable events that involve specific variables

2.) Plans of Attack: Generally deductive(initial hypothesis is essential)

3.) Settings for projects: Important to study; contain variables of concern and interest.

4.) Roles of researchers: Detached from study. The more detached the better results.

5.) Intended use of results: Results sometimes generalised to other settings.

Sowell, Evelyn J.(2000). Educational Research: An Integrative Introduction. United States: McGraw-Hill.