Finding Quantitative and Qualitative Research Articles

Quantitative research articles:

• deals with numbers and statistics
• data that are observed and measured
• systematically measure variables and test hypotheses

You can find quantitative articles by searching in the Library databases using methodology terms as keywords. To find a quantitative study, possible keywords include the type of study, data analysis type, or terminology used to describe the results.

Example Quantitative Keywords:

• ANOVA  (Analysis of Variance)
• Chi square
• Correlation
• Data
• Distribution
• Experiment
• Pretest or Pre test
• Posttest or Post test
• Quantitative
• Reliability
• Statistical
• T-Test
• Time series
• Validity
• Variable
• Variance

Keyword string example to put into a database:

(ANOVA OR Analysis of Variance OR chi square or correlation* OR data OR distribut* OR experiment* OR pretest OR pre test OR posttest OR post test OR quantitative OR reliability OR statistic* OR t-test OR time series OR validity OR variable* OR variance*)