Quantitative Research Defined
Quantitative Research: In the social sciences, quantitative research refers to the systematic empirical investigation of quantitative properties and phenomena and their relationships. The objective of quantitative research is to develop and employ mathematical models, theories and/or hypotheses pertaining to phenomena. The process of measurement is central to quantitative research because it provides the fundamental connection between empirical observation and mathematical expression of quantitative relationships
Quantitative Methods: Quantitative methods are research techniques that are used to gather quantitative data — information dealing with numbers and anything that is measurable. Statistics, tables and graphs, are often used to present the results of these methods. They are therefore to be distinguished from Qualitative Resarch.
Statistics is the science of the collection, organization, and interpretation of data.
