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What is the difference between quantitative analysis and qualitative analysis?
First of all, the difference:

1, data usage:

Qualitative analysis: not demanding data, not paying attention to data.

Quantitative analysis: mainly rely on quantitative data to achieve analysis.

2. Different themes:

Qualitative analysis: based on the internal viewpoint of the researcher;

Quantitative analysis: mainly quantitative performance.

3. Different ways:

Qualitative analysis: using historical review, literature analysis and other methods;

Quantitative analysis: measurement, questionnaire and other methods are used.

Second, the same:

1, both as methods of analyzing things;

2. The two complement each other. Qualitative analysis is the premise of quantitative analysis, and quantitative analysis is the in-depth development of qualitative analysis.

Third, advantages

1. Advantages of qualitative analysis: the obtained data are sufficient, which brings the creativity of researchers into play and makes up for the deficiency of quantitative analysis.

2. Advantages of quantitative analysis: the analysis results obtained by quantitative analysis methods have nothing to do with people's subjective will and are not affected by subjective factors.

Fourth, shortcomings:

1. Disadvantages of qualitative analysis: high labor cost and strong subjectivity of collected data.

2. Disadvantages of quantitative analysis: less information is obtained and it is easy to be one-sided.

Extended data:

1, qualitative analysis and quantitative analysis should be unified and complementary; Qualitative analysis is the basic premise of quantitative analysis, and quantitative analysis without qualitative analysis is blind and worthless; Quantitative analysis makes qualitative analysis more scientific and accurate, and can promote qualitative analysis to draw extensive and in-depth conclusions.

2. Quantitative analysis is a method to establish a mathematical model based on statistical data, and use the mathematical model to calculate the indexes and their values of the analysis object. Qualitative analysis is a method that mainly relies on the intuition and experience of the analyst, the past and present continuity of the analysis object and the latest information to judge the nature, characteristics and development and change law of the analysis object.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Quantitative Analysis Method

Baidu Encyclopedia-Qualitative Analysis