A quantitative observation involves looking at the numerical aspects and properties of a substance. For instance, there are are 3.0 grams of sodium chloride in this weighboat. A qualitative observation is any observation that involves the qualities outside of the numerical aspects. For example, the sodium chloride is white.
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The difference is that qualitative is wade with 1 of your 5 senses and the other one which is quantitative is an observation involving numbers.
quantitative observation is observing numbers such as "there are twenty potatoes". Qualitative observation is observing anything that is not countable such as "the potatoes are all brown"
Qualitative refers to what a sample is, while quantitative refers to how much of that materal is present.
Qualitative and quantitative data are both 2 important types of data. Qualitative data is data based on observation and description. An easy way to remember this, Qualitative ---> QUALity. Examples of qualitative data are when you record colors, smells, textures, etc... Quantitative data is based on numerical values. An easy way to remember this, Quantitative ---> QUANTity. An example of quantitative data are any type of numerical values.
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