What Is the Difference Between Quantitative and Qualitative Methods of Describing

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Multiple Choice

What is the difference between quantitative and qualitative methods of describing behavior?

• A)Qualitative research focuses on people behaving in natural settings, whereas quantitative research focuses on specific behaviors that can be easily counted.
• B)Quantitative research emphasizes collecting information from a few individuals, whereas qualitative research emphasizes collecting data from higher number of individuals.
• C)Quantitative research draws conclusions based on interpretations of the investigator, whereas conclusions in qualitative research are based upon statistical analysis of data.
• D)Quantitative research focuses on people describing their world in their own words, whereas qualitative research focuses on people describing their experiences under experimental conditions.

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Definitions:

Ethical

Pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; relating to right and wrong in conduct.

Psychological Experiments

Research methods used in psychology to collect data and test hypotheses, often involving controlled conditions and variables to study behavior and mental processes.

Mode

The value that appears most frequently in a data set, a measure of central tendency in statistics.

Scores

Quantitative measures or values that represent the outcome of a test, performance, or assessment.