Question

Read the following passage. Does the author use qualitative or quantitative data in her research project? Respondents reported a fairly low income relative to their education level. The under $20,000 response category had the highest frequency with 26% of the total responses. The $20,000-29,000 and $30,000-$39,000 categories had total respective frequencies of 14% and 18%, which puts 54% of respondents at an annual income below $40,000. This can be partially explained by the fact that the survey question asked respondents to report their personal annual income and thus missed total household income that may be available to respondents. - Laura L. Toussaint, The Contemporary U.S. Peace Movement, Routledge, 2009: 31.

Answer 1

This is an example of quantitative research because quantitative research involves quantifying the problem / statement by collecting data that can be converted to useful statistics such that it allows the researcher to study patterns , behaviours etc .

So here relation between income and education is attempted to understand by collecting data on income. levels and education level .