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Quantitative

Meaning in academic english & research, with examples

/ˈkwɒntɪtətɪv/adjectiveCore term

In academic english & research, quantitative means: Describing research that collects numerical data and uses statistics to measure, compare or test relationships, often with larger samples.

In Turkish: nicel, kantitatif, sayısal

How it is used

Common in psychology, economics, health sciences and engineering. Quantitative studies use surveys, experiments, tests and existing datasets, and report results with statistics such as means, correlations and p-values.

Example sentences

  1. The study takes a quantitative approach, using survey data from 1,200 households.

  2. Quantitative results are presented in Tables 2 and 3.

Common collocations

  • quantitative research
  • quantitative data
  • quantitative analysis
  • quantitative methods
  • qualitativeDescribing research that studies experiences, meanings and behavior through words, images or observation rather than numbers, often with smaller groups of people.
  • mixed methodsA research design that combines qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis in one study to answer a question more fully.
  • sampleThe smaller group of people, items or texts selected from a larger population for a study, so that conclusions can be drawn about that population.
  • significantIn statistics, describing a result unlikely to be due to chance alone at a chosen level such as p < .05; in general use, large or important enough to matter.
  • correlationA statistical relationship between two variables in which they tend to change together, either in the same or in opposite directions.

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