What is Research ? Types of Research and difference between Qualitative and Quantitative Research.
1. What is Research?
Research is a systematic inquiry to describe, explain, predict and control or observed a phenomenon or describe about the problem or provide solution or new finding about the problem or reach a new result or conclusion.
There are two main types of research Qualitative and Quantitative
2. What is Qualitative Research?
Qualitative research involves collecting and analyzing non-numerical data to understand concepts, opinions, or experiences. It can be used to gather in-depth insights into a problem or generate new ideas for research.
3. What is Quantitative Research ?
Quantitative research is the process of collecting and analyzing numerical data. It can be used to find patterns and averages, make predictions, test causal relationships, and generalize results to wider populations.
4. What is the main difference between Qualitative and Quantitative Research?
There are following core differences between qualitative and quantitative research.
| Qualitative Research | Quantitative Research |
| Sample Size Qualitative Research has small sample size | Sample Size Quantitative Research has large sample size compare to qualitative Research |
| Data Type Qualitative Research data in text or thematic format descriptive | Data Type Quantitative Research data in number or numeric format |
| Types of Questions Open ended questions and in-depth query to know about fact | Types of Questions Close ended questions and just know about either yes or no or likert scale format |
| Analytics This research method focuses on describing individual experiences and beliefs. | Analytics Quantitative research method focuses on describing the characteristics of a population cause and effects |
| Hypotheses Induced Hypotheses from data | Hypotheses Begins with Hypotheses |
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