RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Data collected about a numeric variable will always be quantitative and data collected about a categorical variable will always be qualitative.

Detailed explanation-2: -Quantitative research is perhaps the simpler to define and identify. The data produced are always numerical, and they are analysed using mathematical and statistical methods. If there are no numbers involved, then it’s not quantitative research.

Detailed explanation-3: -A discrete quantitative variable is one that can only take specific numeric values (rather than any value in an interval), but those numeric values have a clear quantitative interpretation. Examples of discrete quantitative variables are number of needle punctures, number of pregnancies and number of hospitalizations.

Detailed explanation-4: -In short: quantitative means you can count it and it’s numerical (think quantity-something you can count). Qualitative means you can’t, and it’s not numerical (think quality-categorical data instead).