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Qualitative vs. 2023022123
Quantitative Research |
Differences, Examples & Methods
Published on April 12, 2019 by Raimo Streefkerk. Revised on January 3, 2023.
When collecting and analyzing data, quantitative research deals with numbers and statistics,
while qualitative research deals with words and meanings. Both are important for gaining
different kinds of knowledge.
Qualitative research is also at risk for certain research biases including the Hawthorne
effect, observer bias, recall bias, and social desirability bias.
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