Introduces readers to qualitative research. Highlights the benefits of qualitative methods in dental research. Explains methods of qualitative data collection. This paper is the first in a series of ...

Qualitative data captures information and concepts that cannot be easily described by numbers, to better understand a phenomenon of interest from different perspectives. This data may include people's ...

Quantitative data management and analysis uses numbers in its methods, while a qualitative approach involves text. According to Norman K. Denzin and Yvonna S. Lincoln, the authors of "Handbook of ...

At times it is desirable to have independent variables in the model that are qualitative rather than quantitative. This is easily handled in a regression framework. Regression uses qualitative ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how to drive more value with data and analytics. Today, most business leaders would like to see data used ...

Editor's note: This article was originally published in 2016 and has been updated for 2018. We practitioners of the technological arts have a tendency to use specialized jargon. That's not unusual.

Big data is often differentiated by the four V’s: velocity, veracity, volume and variety. Researchers assign various measures of importance to each of the metrics, sometimes treating them equally, ...