Quantitative research involves quantitative and numerical data. It is most commonly used in physical and natural science. It emphasizes on objectivity and precision, in the sense that it uses only specific and relevant variables for studying the problem rather than looking at it in the broader perspective. Therefore, it is sometimes said that quantitative research gives us shallow knowledge about the problem of interest. But if we want to study the problem more thoroughly, then we should use qualitative research. Quantitative research usually uses lager and randomized samples. So, its results can be generalized for the entire population of interest. Quantitative research uses structured instruments for data collection. Data collected through these instruments are then analyzed using various mathematical or statistical tools and methods. Quantitative research is best suited for answering those research questions which start with ‘how many’, ‘how much’, ‘how often’ and ‘to what extent’ question words. More specifically, it answers those questions which seeks its answers in numerical values. But if we want to use quantitative research for qualitative data, we can do so, in some cases, by assigning numerical values to qualitative data in our research instruments. Quantitative research designs are easy to replicate, and the work of earlier researcher can be repeated without any error by later researchers. No matter, how many times they repeat it, it will produce the same results. Quantitative research may either be descriptive or experimental, in either case, quantitative data is used for the study.
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