What is the difference between qualitative and quantitative measurements in education?
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ie is a psychologist. At the college where she works, they have technology support personnel who go to a professor's office or a researcher's lab and help them deal with technology issues. She believes that the technology support personnel will work harder if they are given a raise.
If she's right, then the college will know exactly what to do to get its employees to work harder: give them raises. Her theory could change the way her college runs.
But first, she has to prove that she's right. She needs to design a study to show that people do work harder when they are given a raise. And, in order to design a study, she has to find a way of measuring her variables: pay and hard work.
Psychological measurement is the process of evaluating psychological traits, like intelligence, motivation, depression, and others. There are two main types of measurement: quantitative and qualitative. Let's look closer at each one.
If she's right, then the college will know exactly what to do to get its employees to work harder: give them raises. Her theory could change the way her college runs.
But first, she has to prove that she's right. She needs to design a study to show that people do work harder when they are given a raise. And, in order to design a study, she has to find a way of measuring her variables: pay and hard work.
Psychological measurement is the process of evaluating psychological traits, like intelligence, motivation, depression, and others. There are two main types of measurement: quantitative and qualitative. Let's look closer at each one.
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