whats the difference in quan & qual

whats the difference in quan & qual

1. QUANTITATIVE DATA

   • includes primary and secondary data
     • priamary
       • questionnaires, closed interviews
     • secondary
       • crime surveys and graphs
   • it is representative- therefore you can generalise from the results

2. QUALITATATIVE DATA

   • includes primary and secondary data
     • secondary data
       • diaries, letters,documents
     • primary data
       • unstructured interviews, participant observations, non-particpant obersvations
   • valid
   • can easily write up findings as they are infront of you, or recorded

3. quantitative is closed responses whereas qualitative is open responses giving the chance to expand on answers, however, harder to anaylse due to longer answers

4. quantitative is numbers, whereas qualitative is letters/phrases