Encyclopaedia Of Research Methodology & Quantitative Methods In Management , Education & Science (5 Vol)

In sociology, quantitative research refers to the systematic empirical investigation of so- cial phenomena via statistical, mathematical or numerical data or computational tech- niques. The process of measurement is central to quantitative research because it provides the fundamental connection between empiri- cal observation and mathematical expression of quantitative relationships. Quantitative data is any data that is in numerical form such as statistics, percentages, etc. In this encyclo- paedia we discussed about research method- ology and quantitative methods in manage- ment , education and science.