Quantitative VS Qualitative

1. Qualitative information which deals with apparent qualities (subjective properties).

1.1. Differences:

1.2. • To gain an understanding of underlying reasons and motivations

1.3. • To provide insights into the setting of a problem, generating ideas and/or hypotheses for later quantitative research

1.4. • To uncover prevalent trends in thought and opinion

2. Quantitative examples

2.1. surveys

2.2. temperature

2.3. statistics

3. Quantitative refers to a type of information based in quantities or else quantifiable data (objective properties)

3.1. Differences:

3.2. •To measure the incidence of various views and opinions in a chosen sample

3.3. •To quantify data and generalize results from a sample to the population of interest

4. Qualitative examples

4.1. color

4.2. arome

4.3. shape