State briefly the difference between qualitative data and quantitative data givi

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State briefly the difference between qualitative data and quantitative data giving example for each? Quantitative data is information about quantities; that is, information that can be measured and written down with numbers. Some examples of quantitative data are your Tools/equipment, math Qualitative data is information gathered from a study that is descriptive and not based on numbers. Example, words, 5 senses, organize, interpret. Find the mean, median, mode and range of the following numbers 7.3 5.7 9.5 5.8 9, 5

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Quatitative data are anything that can be expressed as a number, or quantified. Examples of quantitative data are scores on achievement tests,number of hours of study, or weight of a subject. These data may berepresented by ordinal, interval or ratio scales and lend themselves to moststatistical manipulation.

Qualitative data cannot be expressed as a number. Data thatrepresent nominal scales such as gender, socieo economic status, religiouspreference are usually considered to be qualitative data.

Both types of data are valid types of measurement, and both are used in education journals. Only quantitative be analyzed statistically, and thus more rigorous assessments of the data are possible.

given data when arranged in ascending order is 5.7 , 5.8 , 7.3 , 9.5 , 9.5

range = highest value - lowest value = 9.5- 5.7 = 3.8

median is equal to (n+1)/2 th term when n is odd, so here median is 3rd term equal to 7.3

mode is the number which occurs maximum times. here thus mode is 9.5

mean is the average equal to (5.7+5.8+7.3+9.5+9.5)/5 = 7.56

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