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quantitative research

quantitative research Quantitative research is inquiry that studies attributes or conditions by measuring or counting them in terms of a standard unit or ratio.

Quantitative research is inquiry that studies attributes or conditions by measuring or counting them in terms of a standard unit or ratio. In this historical psychology context, it refers to making science increasingly based on numerical magnitude, as in physical science, while the extent of such measurement in psychology was treated as unsettled.