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Empirical Research Guide

Qualitative vs. Quantitative Research

"Qualitative Research is collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data by observing what people do and say. Whereas, quantitative research refers to counts and measures of things, qualitative research refers to the meanings, concepts, definitions, characteristics, metaphors, symbols, and descriptions of things.""Basically, quantitative research is objective; qualitative is subjective."

From: https://www.icoe.org/webfm_send/1936

Qualitative vs. Quantitative Research