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Which characteristic best distinguishes quantitative data from qualitative data

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Quantitative data and Qualitative data

Qualitative data are type of datas that were gathered through a descriptive either verbal or written means like:
Phenomenology
Case studies
Field studies
Archival studies
Qualitative studies
Surveys

While, quantitative data are data that can be used to infer facts or generalise into a populace using statistical methods from inferential statistics like t-test, anova, and other related methods.
These qualitative data can be made into a quantitative data by means of context analysis.
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