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Quantitative methods are research techniques that are used to gather quantitative data -
information dealing with numbers and anything that is measurable. Statistics,tables and
graphs, are often used to present the results of these methods..
The numerical factors such as two tablets, percent of elements and the time of waiting
make the situations and results quantitative.
Contents
• 1 History
• 2 Distinctions from quantitative research
• 3 Data Collection
• 4 Data analysis
• 5 Paradigmatic differences
• 6 Validation
• 7 Academic research
• 8 See also
• 9 Notes
• 10 References
Dependent Variable:
A dependent variable is what you measure in the experiment and what is affected during
the experiment. The dependent variable responds to the independent variable. It is called
dependent because it "depends" on the independent variable. In a scientific experiment,
you cannot have a dependent variable without an independent variable.
Example: You are interested in how stress affects heart rate in humans. Your independent
variable would be the stress and the dependent variable would be the heart rate. You can
directly manipulate stress levels in your human subjects and measure how those stress
levels change heart rate.