Over the past 16 years, only two building permits for new housing construcTon have been issued in Sedgwick County
Over the past 16 years, only two building permits for new housing construcTon have been issued inSedgwick County, Colorado. ±his is consistent with the depopulaTon (parTcularly of younger persons)and economic diminuTon that is a²ributed to a declining rainfall since the 1970s. ±hese are quanTtaTvedetails. It is unclear how much of the depopulaTon was due to perceived opportuniTes elsewhere, tocopycat or fad behavior, and to perceived change in local economic opportunity. Why is qualitaTveanalysis more likely to idenTfy the leading cause of Sedgwick County’s out-migraTon than quanTtaTvemethods? Which characterisTcs of qualitaTve research most inFuenced your response to this quesTon