Quantitative Data: Data that focus on numbers and frequencies. Strengths: 1) Can provide meausres of many characteristics of people. 2) It is useful for studying large numbers of people. Weaknesses: Results are limited as they provide numerical descriptions rather than detailed narrative.
Qualitative Data: Data that describes meaning and experiences. Strengths: 1) Data based on the participants own categories of meaning. 2) Useful for studying a limited number of cases in depth. Weaknesses: 1) It is difficult to to make quantitative predictions. 2) Data analysis is often time consuming.
Open Questions: Questions that allow the respondent to give their own answer. Strength: Variety of Answer Weakness: Difficult to draw general conclusions.
Closed Questions: Questions which provide limited choice of responses. Strength: Allows you to draw a general conclusion. Weakness: Not as much info.
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