IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/pkp/rokeco/v1y2014i1p21-29id2688.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Qual-Quant Distinction (Debate): Understanding the Phenomena

Author

Listed:
  • Tara N Poudel

Abstract

Because the qualitative and quantitative data can be analyzed by both qualitative and quantitative methods, some scholars argue that the combination of theme can be more effective but others argues that the distinction between qualitative and quantitative data have certain utility, though most people draw to hard a distinction. Although, the quantitative-qualitative distinction can lead to some sorts of confusions due to their distinct ontological and measurement related issues; the qual-quant distinction debate is philosophical, not methodological. Hence this paper discusses about the philosophical and practical issues on qual-quant distinction and the interpretation of qualitative and quantitative data in the form of each other.

Suggested Citation

  • Tara N Poudel, 2014. "The Qual-Quant Distinction (Debate): Understanding the Phenomena," Review of Knowledge Economy, Conscientia Beam, vol. 1(1), pages 21-29.
    • Handle: RePEc:pkp:rokeco:v:1:y:2014:i:1:p:21-29:id:2688
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://archive.conscientiabeam.com/index.php/67/article/view/2688/4205
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:pkp:rokeco:v:1:y:2014:i:1:p:21-29:id:2688. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Dim Michael (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://archive.conscientiabeam.com/index.php/67/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.