In research psychology, what does it mean to have a quantitaive question? Please supply references.
2006-09-02 18:02:05 · 3 answers · asked by mk 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
Oopsie, In the detail oart I tryped quantitavie, confusion on my part! I mean quantiifiable question?
2006-09-02 18:23:58 · update #1
A quantitative question is one whose answer is a NUMBER.
A qualitative question is one whose answer is WORDS.
For example ...
Quantitative: On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being yucky and 10 being great, how do you feel today? 10!
Qualitative: How you feel today? I feel fantastic!
2006-09-02 18:45:19 · answer #1 · answered by Doc 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A quantifiable question in research psychology is one that produces a number as an answer. It's opposite is qualitative question that is less scientific and more theorhetical. Quantitative data requires statistics where the researcher must choose the correct statistical test, depending on if they are comparing subjects from the same group, or subjects v. the entire population, and so on.
This is from me, I'm a psychologist, but one source is the Written Preparation Material produced by the Association for Advanced Training in the Behavioral Sciences on Statistics and Research Design.
2006-09-02 18:09:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh Wow!! So I can have a measuarble question that has a subjective answer? Geez - that makes it hard to answer and hard to measure!
2006-09-02 18:08:38 · answer #3 · answered by jgcii 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋