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Assess the usefulness of quantitative and qualitative sources of data in studying suicide Quantitative data is data in numerical form - in the form of numbers. Because quantitative data is in a numerical form it allows us to analyse it more easily i.e. test significance, present graphically, compare measures of dispersion and central tendency between groups. Official statistics are an obvious example. Questionnaire and structured interviews are the usual research methods used to obtain Quantitative data whereas Qualitative data is all types of data that is not in the form of numbers. Qualitative methods often provide data that is rich and detailed and gives a good insight into the person's experiences and behaviour. It is difficult to analyse, compare or to draw concise conclusions from qualitative. It is often the case that qualitative data may have to be converted in to a numerical form anyway in order to draw conclusions. There...

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