quantitative data
Numbers-based research findings
Quantitative data consists of information expressed in numbers—measurements, counts, percentages, or other numerical values that can be analyzed mathematically.
It contrasts with qualitative data, which describes qualities or characteristics in words.
The study collected quantitative data on income levels and test scores.
Quantitative data allows for statistical analysis and objective comparison.
- surveysSystematic information gathering
- meanAverage, or spiteful
- graphsVisual data displays
- experimentsTests of a hypothesis
- medianCentral sorted value
charts · probability · number crunching · variance · bell curve · confidence interval · standard deviation · dashboards · scales · precision · regression · mode · histograms · accuracy · correlation · hypothesis testing · dimensions · hard facts
- Datadatasets, database, databases, databank, microdata
- academiaprofessors, universities, graduation cap, biology department, professor
- research methodsexperiment, hypothesis, deduction, experiments, induction
- research papersresearch paper, journal article, scholarly article, dissertation, original research
quantitative dataqualitative data
Non-numeric descriptive information
quantitative datasubjective interpretation
Meaning shaped by perspective
personal narratives · lived experience · personal testimony · intuitive knowledge
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