Types of Research

Quantitative data is generally concerned with what?

• Numerical Values

• Worded Values

• Both

Qualitative data is concerned with what?

• Rich data extracted from detailed interviews, extended questionnaires or coping diaries

• Lots of data that has been gathered from multiple sources, times, scores ratings, using numbers

• Using both numerical and worded values to gain an in depth understanding

Objective data analysis...

• Is analysis thoughts and feelings

• Is analysing factual data

• Is analysing both factual data as well as thoughts and feelings

What approach to research would you use if you were looking to measure the effects of caffeine on sports performance?

By using the qualitative approach, would you prefer to use more participants for lots of results, or would you prefer to use less participants but more in-depth results?

• Would prefer to use neither

• More participants for lots of results

• Less participants but more in-depth results

When analysis qualitative data, what is it called?

• Analysing

• Checking

• T- testing

• Coding

What are the strengths of quantitative data?

• Minimal biases

• extremely accurate because of the large amounts of data

What are the weaknesses of quantitative data?

What are some of the strengths to qualitative data?

• It explains the why to a data set

• Flexible and dynamic in its approach

What are the weaknesses to qualitative data?