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There are two basic types of observations. The two types are quantitative and qualitative. Quantitative observation is observation using numbers and symbols.
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An example of a quantitative observation is "John spends $300 dollars a month in petty cash." Another is: "This is the fourth time in two weeks John has worked overtime
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examples: 2.5 grams,12 pillars on the back of the penny, 60 words on the penny,4 numbers on the penny. for a quantitative observation you always have to have a number in the answer:
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quantitive observation is where you can observe a large number of people or things at once ie a survey would create quantitative data as a large number of people can take a survey
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