Quantitative vs. Qualitative research
When you are looking at whether a new medication works or whether or not a therapy is evidence based, you are looking at quantitative data. This is data that has a number attached to it. We can tell that an antibiotic works because there are less microbes after use than before. A physical therapist can measure a patient’s Range of Motion (ROM) before and after a particular exercise to see if their ROM improves. This is the kind of information an insurance company wants. H