Jaclyn Black wrote:

Questions are often "close-ended" (para. 9). Quantitative analysis enables researchers to gather data quickly and efficiently from a large sample size (QuestionPro, n.d.). Researchers may use the data they collect or find in other sources. Researchers may use data collected over periods of time to study changes or they may use data to observe correlations between two variables (QuestionPro, n.d.).

Researchers may use qualitative, quantitative, or both methods during a research project DeWitt Wallace Library, n.d.). According to Streefkirk (2023), "A rule of thumb for deciding whether to use qualitative or quantitative data is...Use quantitative research if you want to confirm or test something (a theory or hypothesis)...Use qualitative research if you want to understand something (concepts, thoughts, experiences)" (para. 13).

References

DeWitt Wallace Library. (n.d.). Data module #1 What is research data? Research Guides. Retrieved January 26, 2023, from https://libguides.macalester.edu/c.php?g=527786&p=3608639

QuestionPro. (n.d.). Quantitative research: Definition, methods, types, and examples. Retrieved January 26, 2023, from https://www.questionpro.com/blog/quantitative-research/

Streefkerk, R. (January 3, 2023). Qualitative vs. quantitative research Difference, examples & methods. Scribbr.com. Retrieved January 26, 2023, from https://www.scribbr.com/methodology/qualitative-quantitative-research/#:~:text=A%20rule%20of%20thumb%20for,(concepts%2C%20thoughts%2C%20experiences)