quanantive and qualitative data

[Tim Mortimore]

Can some one please explain to me the difference between the above

also does any one know a good web sight that has such definitions on
it.

Thanks in advance

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[Ali Khan]

hey

a qualitative idea is one that describes how a system works, but no
facility is made for exact answers
eg, the idea that the earths grav force pulls things back down to earth,
(and technically vice versa) is a qualitative idea, as although it is
valid, it wont tell me how long it will take for a ball thrown upwards at
5m/s to hit the earth
wheras newtons equaitons of motion describe the same system, but although
less intuitive, give specific numerical answers

i guess an easier example would be:

if you apply a force to something, it accelerates, depending on the force
(qualitative)

whereas
if you apply a force to something, it accelerates, at a magnitude equal
to the force /mass , (a=f/m) would be quantitative

i hope this helps

ali

Tim Mortimore <hats(nospam)@clara.co.uk> wrote in message
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[David]

These are straight defenitions

Qualiative data

qualatative information as the term suggests, is descriptive information. It
may be expressed as a property, or in terms of of catagories, or as a
quality for example; colour, gender, nationality, style.

Quantatative data

Information that has a natural hierarchy, such as data in numerical form, is
described as quantatative. Such numerical information may also be seperated
into continuous data and discrete data.

Examples are collections of measurements such as heights or counting the
number of letters posted to each house in a street.

For further information I know of no particular website, but most stats book
of AS or A level should have some further information

David Wrighting
www.mathsisfun.com

[Rob Angus]

QUANTATIVE data is data using numbers e.g. the number of people who like
sausages?
QUALITATIVE data is where the answer is described in words e.g. what kind of
sausages do you like? There is often many answers to this type of question

[Virgil]

In article <259y5.1905$Rk1....@news2-win.server.ntlworld.com>, "Rob
Angus" <rob....@ntlworld.com> wrote:

> QUANTATIVE data is data using numbers e.g. the number of people who like
> sausages?
> QUALITATIVE data is where the answer is described in words e.g. what kind
> of
> sausages do you like? There is often many answers to this type of
> question

Note that qualitative data can appear to be numerical, but you shouldn't
use such numbers in their usual senses.

Serial numbers, for example, are (mostly) qualitative. How can you
interpret the "mean" or the "variance" of a set of serial numbers?