Talk:Quantitative research

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Distinction: This page relates to the social scientific term
The page was no doubt originally intended to relate to quantitative research in the social scientific sense. Since then, however, edits have been made note how physics involves 'qualitative research'. Well, of course it does, but although the point is not trivial, it is certainly out of context. There isn't any qualitative research in physics, after all! This article should exist as the contrast of qualitative research in the positivist, social scientific sense, ie. pertaining to sociology, psychology, anthropology, and so on.--Tomsega (talk) 21:23, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Why is this in sociology section?
Perhaps I am missing something, but is the quantitative research section subsumed within the sociology section. This seems to be the case given the large SOCIOLOGY heading on the right hand side. It may be a part of social sciences in general, but I am not sure why it is a part of sociology specifically, and not lets say, psychology. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.163.250.68 (talk) 01:43, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Change Introduction Section
"In sociology, quantitative research refers to..."

Quantitative research is NOT the exclusive domain of Sociology (or other social sciences, for that matter). However, the introduction clearly implies it is.

I suggest re-writing the entire introduction section to reflect the fact that quantitative methods are used in practically all sciences. 167.192.191.5 (talk) 15:47, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

Disassociate with Sociology
1. Remove the "Sociology" info box on the right side as the topic of Quantitative research extends far beyond that.

72.230.215.230 (talk) 20:04, 10 June 2016 (UTC)

Quantitative Research Design:
Quantitative research design is the standard experimental method of most scientific disciplines.These experiments are sometimes referred to as true science, and use traditional mathematical and statistical means to measure results conclusively. They are most commonly used by physical scientists, although social sciences, education and economics have been known to use this type of research. It is the opposite of qualitative research. Quantitative experiments all use a standard format, with a few minor inter-disciplinary differences, of generating a hypothesis to be proved or disproved. This hypothesis must be provable by mathematical and statistical means, and is the basis around which the whole experiment is designed. Randomization of any study groups is essential, and a control group should be included, wherever possible. A sound quantitative design should only manipulate one variable at a time, or statistical analysis becomes cumbersome and open to question. Ideally, the research should be constructed in a manner that allows others to repeat the experiment and obtain similar results. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 39.47.17.51 (talk) 06:26, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

Possible change of main/first image
The first/main image looks like corporate-metro artwork, not a representation of quantitative research using data networks. There are likely other images that would convey usage of data networks in quantitative research better or in a more concrete way. Do others agree, disagree? Thoughts? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mattsnod1993 (talk • contribs) 05:42, 6 May 2022 (UTC)