Types of data

Question 1

What are the types of data?

Answer 1

• Quantitative data
• Qualitative data

Question 2

When is quantitative is used?

Answer 2

experimental and observational research
- closed questions

Question 3

When is qualitative data used?

Answer 3

• case studies
• interviews
• open question questionnaires

Question 4

advantage of quantitative data?

Answer 4

• objectively measured
• descriptive statistics can lead to display of data
• more reliable

Question 5

disadvantage of quantitative data?

Answer 5

• limited number of qualitative research

Question 6

strength of qualitative data?

Answer 6

• rich in detail

Question 7

weakness of qualitative data

Answer 7

• potentially biased
• challenging to summarise
• reduced reliability due to open end questions

Question 8

What is meta-analysis?

Answer 8

collects and combines results of previously published studies

Question 9

strength of meta analysis?

Answer 9

• looks at overall patterns of results