Question

cite at least 5 fields and explain how quantitative research is interconnected with it?​

Answer 1

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In natural and social sciences, and maybe in other fields, quantitative research is the systematic empirical investigation of observable phenomena via statistical, mathematical, or computational techniques.[1] The objective of quantitative research is to develop and employ mathematical models, theories, and hypotheses pertaining to phenomena. The process of measurement is central to quantitative research because it provides the fundamental connection between empirical observation and mathematical expression of quantitative relationships.

Quantitative data is any data that is in numerical form such as statistics, percentages, etc.[1] The researcher analyses the data with the help of statistics and hopes the numbers will yield an unbiased result that can be generalized to some larger population. Qualitative research, on the other hand, inquires deeply into specific experiences, with the intention of describing and exploring meaning through text, narrative, or visual-based data, by developing themes exclusive to that set of participants.[2]

Quantitative research is widely used in psychology, economics, demography, sociology, marketing, community health, health & human development, gender studies, and political science; and less frequently in anthropology and history. Research in mathematical sciences, such as physics, is also "quantitative" by definition, though this use of the term differs in context. In the social sciences, the term relates to empirical methods originating in both philosophical positivism and the history of statistics, in contrast with qualitative research methods.

Qualitative research produces information only on the particular cases studied, and any more general conclusions are only hypotheses. Quantitative methods can be used to verify which of such hypotheses are true. A comprehensive analysis of 1274 articles published in the top two American sociology journals between 1935 and 2005 found that roughly two thirds of these articles used quantitative method.[3]

Answer 2

5 fields interconnected with quantitative research are-

1. Psychology- Psychology is the branch of social studies dealing with human beings, their mind, and other behavioral aspects related to human beings like attitude, learning, memory, and others. Psychology is the field where a lot of practical experience is required and experiments are conducted to infer certain results. This field users quantitative research for reliable outcomes.

2. Economics- It is another branch of social science that predominantly deals with market studies and its function of demand and supply. Quantitative research is an eternal part of this subject as, without numerical values, economics is not complete.

3. Sociology- Sociology deals with society and the conventional ways to behave in society. The study also deals with human beings. A lot of surveys, questionnaires and other data collecting methods are applied. The data collected are analyzed and processed using methods of quantitative research.

4. Geography- It deals with topics like climate, agriculture, physical features of the world, and others. Topics like climate and agriculture use quantitative research.

5. Demographic study- The branch which deals with the population makes a diversified use of statistics which is a part of quantitative research.