quanti and quali

• quantitative - focus on testing theories and hypothesis
• quantitative - analyzed through the use of statistical analysis( spearman, pearson r, annova, chi-square etc. )
• quantitative - mainly expressed in numbers, tables, and graphs
• quantitative - requires a large number of respondents ( teachers, students, community, members, etc )
• qualitative - focus on exploring and explaining ideas and experiences
• qualitative - analyzed by summarizing, categorizing, and interpreting ( thematic analysis among others)
• qualitative - mainly expressed in words through narrations
• qualitative - does not require a large number of respondents ( administrators, officials, individual, specific set of individuals)
• quantitative - uses closed questions, answerable by yes or no, true or false, multiple choice, rating scale(likert)
• quantitative - methods employed are surveys, experiments
• quantitative - uses controlled and modified variables
• quantitative - uses a hypothesis
• qualitative - uses open-ended questions. Questions that usually requires an explanation( explain, discuss, how, why, etc )
• qualitative - methods employed are interviews and focus group discussions
• qualitative - focus on an individual, a particular set of people( ethnicity ), phenomenon, event
• qualitative - do not use a hypothesis
• quantitative - "effects of exercise intensity on cardiovascular health; a randomized controlled trial"
• qualitative - "exploring the lived experiences of caregivers of alzheimer's patients; a phenomenological study"