quantitative research

English

Noun

(sciences, information science, statistics) A type of research that aims to gather and analyze numerical data in order to broadly and through quantification promote the objective empirical investigation of observable phenomena.

Usage notes

It is formed from a deductive approach where emphasis is placed on the testing of theory, shaped by empiricist and positivist philosophies.^[1]

American research psychologists Schonfeld and Mazzola advanced the view that in OHP (and I–O psychology) the idea that there is a dichotomy between quantitative and qualitative research methods is a false one and that OHP researchers can be allied to both types of methods.^[2]

Coordinate terms

qualitative research

Translations

research relying on numerical data

Czech: kvantitativní výzkum m
German: quantitative Forschung f
Italian: ricerca quantitativa f
Russian: количественное исследование n (količestvennoje isslédovanije)

References

^ Bryman, Alan (2012), Social research methods, 4th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC
^ Schonfeld, I. S., & Mazzola, J. J. (2026). Publishing qualitative research. In N. A. Bowling, Shoss, M. K., & Zhou, Z. E. How to conduct and publish high-quality research in industrial-organizational psychology (pp. 272-288). Edward Elgar.

[1] Bryman, Alan (2012), Social research methods, 4th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC

[2] Schonfeld, I. S., & Mazzola, J. J. (2026). Publishing qualitative research. In N. A. Bowling, Shoss, M. K., & Zhou, Z. E. How to conduct and publish high-quality research in industrial-organizational psychology (pp. 272-288). Edward Elgar.

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