QUADRIPARESIS
A result of the loss of motor nerve function. A partial paralysis or weakness in all four limbs.
QUANTITATIVE APPROACH
Freud's theory that when it comes to mental processes, there is a qualitative and quantitative quality when it comes to…
QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN
An experiment in which participants are assigned to either control groups or experimental groups in a non-random manner.
QUANTITATIVE DATA
Quantitative data is data that can be expressed and analyzed numerically.
QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
A form of research where the investigator has no control over the independent variable, but has power over how the…
QUALITATIVE DATA
Data that is not expressed quantitatively, or numerically. Descriptions of emotional reactions are expressed in qualitative terms.
QUANTITATIVE ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPH (QEEG)
An electroencephalograph that gives numerical results that can be analyzed.
QUALITATIVE EVALUATION
An evaluation yielding narratives from unstructured methods of data collection. This approach is characterized by a goal-free evaluation rather than…
QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION
An evaluation method that yields numerical assessments garnered from formal methods of data collection. It provides answers to already designed…
QUATERNITY
The fourfold concept of personality as postulated by Jung. Basically, Jung said there are four functions of ego: Feeling, Intuiting,…
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
An approach to science that does not use numerical data when analyzing observations.
QUANTITATIVE GENETICS
A study in genetics that examines traits that differ in degree as opposed to those in kind.
QUALITATIVE VERSUS QUANTITATIVE DIFFERENCES
The difference between the type or kind of data (qualitative) versus the amount or rate (quantitative) and which is more…
QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
Quantitative research uses numeriacl data from observations to come to conclusions.
QUANTITATIVE SCORE
A numerical representation of requirements for a given test or class that were correctly fulfilled.