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Difference between qualitative and quantitative research
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Difference Between
Qualitative and
Quantitative Research
Qualitative Research
Qualitative research is a type of empathic, empirical,
exploratory, direct, physical research. It helps you
understand reasons, motivations, opinions, trends that hide
behind the more quantitative data of quantitative research.
The most commonly used method for RQL is the F2F (Face
to Face), the socalled focus group where a small sample of
respondents gets interviewed for a long time, even hours,
in front of a mirror, behind which the brand and research
institute observe and listen. The F2F gets videorecorded
and then transcribed as a storytelling, for images and tales.
Quantitative Research
As the word itself says, quantitative research helps you
quantify, use numeric data or just data that can then be
easily transformed into statistics, and it measures
behaviour, opinions and attitudes of a large sample of
respondents. Let’s say that we must have interviewed at
least 30 people to talk about “quantitative”, but there
are usually many more than that. Quantitative research
can expand its scope if the brand is a multinational, by
implementing multicounty investigations.
Type of Analysis
Qualitative: Case based, prospective holistic del
comportment umano.
Quantitative: Variable based, mathematical and
statistical techniques.
Generalization
Qualitative Absent. Identification of the Weberian ideal
types, interpretation of reality.
Quantitative: Necessary. Individual fragmentation,
correlation between variables, conceptual unit in the
random model.
Scope of Results
Qualitative: Limited number of cases.
Quantitative: Significant number, representativity.
Methodology
Qualitative: Observation of the respondent in the focus
room, interviews with privileged witnesses.
Quantitative: Structured questionnaire for CATI, CAWI
or PAPI.
Conclusions
We have uncovered all the differences between
quantitative and qualitative research. You must consider
that there are qualitative shades in the quantitative
instrument, but they should not be confused with
qualitative, precisely for the reasons that have been
specified so far. For example, in a CATI we could make an
open end and ask, “If I say car, what are the first three
brands that come to your mind,” the answer will have a
qualitative shade but this has nothing to do with it,
believe me.
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