What are the differences between qualitative and quantitative research methods
2007-01-06 19:56:41 · 4 answers · asked by shibbho 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Quantitative research is, essentially, counting things. For example, the number of Yes answers vs. No answers.
Qualitative research is much more open ended. It involves responses asked to open-ended questions where participants lead the discussion. For example, "what did you like best about..."
Check out these wikipedia articles for more:
Qualitative:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualitative_methods
Quantitative: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantitative_method
2007-01-06 20:11:40 · answer #1 · answered by Galt_007 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A research is figured as qualitative if the purpose of the study is primarily to describe a situation, phenomenon, problem or event.
On the other hand, the study is classified as quantitative if you want to quantify the variation in a phenomena, situation, problem or issue.
You can further read here.
http://researchpedia.info/what-is-quantitative-and-qualitative-research/
2015-09-08 09:37:51 · answer #2 · answered by saba 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Qualitative methods record such things are size, color, and dimensions while quantitative methods record on amount and things of the such.
2007-01-06 20:06:33 · answer #3 · answered by ben. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
qualitative-description using words like blue
quantitative- description using numbers like 5ft tall
2007-01-07 01:46:16 · answer #4 · answered by clock 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋