There are various methods (i.e., fixed/QUANTITATIVE or flexible/QUALITATIVE) that help to shape and form one’s research. Each method has various designs associated with it. After reviewing chapters 15-17 in your textbook Research Methods for Business and considering the two methods discussed in these chapters. 

Please write an essay to respond to the following: 

(1) Describe the two methods and explain when is it appropriate to use each method? 

(2) What specific designs are related to each of these methods? How?

Write an essay of at least 600 words and cite outside scholarly resources and your textbook (at least three sources)