What type of data does quantitative research use?

What type of data does quantitative research use?

• A. Qualitative descriptions
• B. Numerical data that can be measured statistically
• C. Anecdotal evidence
• D. Subjective impressions

Answer: (B)

Quantitative data are numbers that you can measure and analyze with statistics. In this approach, data like test scores, heights, times, or counts are collected so you can compute averages, variability, and relationships between variables, and test hypotheses statistically. The other options describe non-numeric information—qualitative descriptions, anecdotes, and subjective impressions—which aren’t analyzed with statistical methods.

Quantitative data are numbers that you can measure and analyze with statistics. In this approach, data like test scores, heights, times, or counts are collected so you can compute averages, variability, and relationships between variables, and test hypotheses statistically.

The other options describe non-numeric information—qualitative descriptions, anecdotes, and subjective impressions—which aren’t analyzed with statistical methods.