To report what color something is would be qualitative data not quantitative. Quantitative data, by definition, is a measurement of some quantity, and therefore it requires a number of some kind. Light intensity can be measured with a photometer, which would be quantitative data. Color isn't.
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quantitative data is the characteristics obtained from an experiment usually the best way to collect quantitative data is to observe your subject.
Age is quantitative because it has an actual numerical value. Anything with a definitive value is quantitative. Qualitative data is more like an observation, such as color or appearance. I remember this by thinking that qualitative sounds like qualities and quantitative sounds like quantities. Hope this helps.
Quantitative data is data that is relating to, measuring, or measured by the quantity of something, rather than its quality. ex: the number of people in a townQualitative data is data that can be captured that is not numerical in nature ex: the color of people's skin.Thus, essentially the distinction is that quantitative data deals with numbers and numerical values of what is being tested, where as qualitative data deals with the quality of what is being tested.Qualitative data's description cannot be describe in numbers. Quantitative data's description ca only be described in numbers.
The length of a movie is quantitative data.
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