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{{Quotation | All research ultimately has a qualitative grounding | [Donald Campbell] }}{{Quotation | There's no such thing as qualitative data. Everything is either 1 or 0 | [Fred Kerlinger] }}

=Types of Data (quantitative vs. qualitative)=

You can distinct between two types of data: ''quantitative data'' and ''qualitative data''

==Main points==
===Qualitative===
*Qualitative research involves analysis of data such as words (e.g., from interviews), pictures (e.g., video), or objects (e.g., an artifact).
*Data can be observed but not measured.


'''whereas'''

===Quantitative===
*Quantitative research involves analysis of numerical data.
*Data which can be measured.


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===Different opinions===