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What is the difference between quantitative and qualitative analysis ?

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Question added by Muhammad Usman Tariq , Visiting Faculty , National University of Science and Technology
Date Posted: 2015/03/09
Fredia Lyn Llamera
by Fredia Lyn Llamera , Human Resource Employee , Panasiatic Solutions Incorporated

Quantitative analysis and qualitative analysis are both important in doing research and reports. The difference between quantitative and qualitative is that, qualitative analysis deals more on phenomenon from a closer perspective especially in doing case studies and other research that requires deep comprehensive manner while quantitative deals more on statistical basis and it is commonly use in large number of participants. 

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Qualitative Analyses are the ways to analyse Qualitative questions : what colour should our product appear in?what colour should the traffic signs around the world should be?(Red and White , all blue , all Red ...) , what level of quality should the product be?(one time use , few months use , few years use). Quantitative analyses are the ways to answer quantitative questions : how many of the product should we make?(the answer is a number) , how much fund should we consider? (the answer is a number). Some times fore better analysis depending on the situation the qualitative question could be answered in a quantitative answer and then change the answer to a qualitative answer.

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