Science question

Question

What are some possible ways that a researcher can go about measuring something they are interested in?

Answer 1

Typically they would ask themselves whether or not the question requires a quantitative, qualitative, or both measurements.

Quantitative measurements deal with numbers and statistics. These can be variables like population size, time, distance, area, and volume.

Qualitative measurements include words and meanings such as colors like blue, green, and red.